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Wprowadzenie
The introduction

Author(s): Witold Wachowski
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Ośrodek Badań Filozoficznych

Summary/Abstract: Without an exaggeration we can adapt an expression “from a manifesto to progress” as a motto for neurophenomenology. As the manifesto can serve an article: ‘Neurophenomenology – a methodological remedy for the hard problem’ (Varela 1996/2000). The aim of the research program initiated by the late Francisco Varela was to naturalize phenomenology in the frame of neurobiology, and to apply it to the different areas of theory and practice in science and philosophy (embodiment, enactivism). It meets certain challenges like the explanatory gap or the problem of clarity and credibility of the subjective reports. Hence one could easily fall into doubts concerning usefulness and the cognitive possibilities of phenomenology itself, which have been already described by Daniel Dennett (2007) (who has proposed an alternative heterophenomenology) and Thomas Metzinger (2004).

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 21-25
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Polish