Acta Structuralica

international journal for structuralist research

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Dasein's brain

phenomenology meets cognitive science

Francisco Varela

pp. 185-197

Abstract

A science of consciousness requires a significant re-framing of the way the question is usually posed within cognitive science and in the Anglo-American philosophy of mind. We need to turn to a systematic exploration of the only link between mind and consciousness that seems both obvious and natural: the structure of human experience itself [31, 32]1. Dasein is a code-word in phenomenology coined by Heidegger to refer precisely to the primacy of lived, immediate experience. Heidegger would certainly turn in his grave to hear that a Dasein is predicated next to "brain", but such is my project2.

Publication details

Published in:

Aerts Diederik, Broekaert Jan, Mathijs Ernest (1999) Einstein meets Magritte: an interdisciplinary reflection: the white book of "Einstein meets Magritte". Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 185-197

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-4704-0_10

Full citation:

Varela Francisco (1999) „Dasein's brain: phenomenology meets cognitive science“, In: D. Aerts, J. Broekaert & E. Mathijs (eds.), Einstein meets Magritte: an interdisciplinary reflection, Dordrecht, Springer, 185–197.