Gurwitsch’s Field of Consciousness and Radical Embodied Cognitive Science
A Case of Mutual Enlightenment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8409487 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Giuseppe Flavio Artese (University of Kassel, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 177-192 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1773 • E-ISSN: 2332-0486 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00071773.2021.1977091 |
| OpenAlex | W3199270024 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 21 |
This article tests the waters concerning a possible integration of Gurwitsch’s theory of consciousness into 4E research. More specifically, it is suggested that radical embodied approaches can benefit from Gurwitsch’s distinction between theme, thematic field and margin in order to methodically grasp how contextual and attentional factors can modulate affordance perception. On the other hand, Gurwitsch’s choice to locate the awareness of embodiment (most of the time) in the domain of the margin can generate important theoretical problems in light of empirical evidence often brought up by situated cognition researchers. Following Gallagher’s suggestion that phenomenology and cognitive science can enlighten each other, I argue that Gurwitsch’s notion of a field of consciousness can be an invaluable tool for research on affordances. Nonetheless, at the same time, the results of embodied cognitive science should lead us to revisit some of his intuitions regarding the role of bodily awareness
Cognition · Consciousness · Embodied cognition · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Cognitive Science and Education Research · Embodied and Extended Cognition · Neuroscience · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Psychology
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Radical Embodied Cognitive Science
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Extending Gurwitsch’s field theory of consciousness
The Oxford Handbook of 4E Cognition
Naturalizing Phenomenology
Affordances and Prospective Control
Radical embodiment in two directions
Affordances, context and sociality
Gibsonian Theory and the Pragmatist Perspective
Foregrounding Sociomaterial Practice in Our Understanding of Affordances
A Rich Landscape of Affordances
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |