Phenomenology, Cognitive Science, and Authenticity with Michael Wheeler

From Searle on TV to Heideggerian Robots, join Michael Wheeler and Mirko Prokop as they dive into Heidegger’s phenomenology and its relevance for cognitive science as well as Michael’s recent work in the nascent field of the cognitive arts and humanities. Touching on philosophical and existential questions about the nature of mind and our relationship to the world and others, they explore the structure of human experience, its bodily, biological and social dimensions and discuss how artistic improvisation and creativity can lead us to see authenticity as the basic dynamic of thinking.
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00:00: Introduction and guest welcome
02:26: Michael Wheeler’s journey into philosophy
04:23: What is phenomenology?
07:17: Introspection
10:57: The transcendental in the light of history
14:35: Heidegger’s Kantian side
17:17 : Heidegger vs. Descartes
21:22: Dasein: Heidegger’s conception of the subject
24:36: Being thrown into a meaningful world
26:00: "Equipment" in Heidegger
29:00: Being-in-the-world: totalities of involvement
36:55: Disturbances and skillful coping
41:00: The primacy of "online intelligence“
45:46: How often do we experience flow?
50:52: The extended mind
01:00:15: McDowell on the personal and subpersonal
01:05:00: "Orthodox" cognitive science
01:10:00: Heideggerian Robots
01:12:36: Embodiment
01:18:57: Michael’s current work on authenticity
01:21:24: Anxiety: being thrown into a social world
01:22:03: Authenticity as the basic dynamic of thinking
01:26:29: The Cognitive Arts and Humanities
01:32:30: Biology, culture, and non-human animals
01:29:21 Integrating Cognitive Science with the Humanities
01:44:46: Concluding thoughts and personal reflections

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[auggiemarsh]

I love the last couple of drops. I always say I’m going to come back and relisten and take notes, but life and all of it requirements often prevent having that extra time. On the subject of “if you wanna understand emotions, listen to Wagner rather than a psychologist, ” let me say that if you want to feel emotions, certainly listen to Wagner, but if you want to understand those emotions, you still need a psychological framework. Yes?

[DesirableUnknown]

embodied robotics remains over all these tech shifts, but what would it mean for them to be environmentally friendly?