The Embodied Mind
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The Embodied Mind
| Full title | The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience |
|---|---|
| Author | Francisco J. Varela, Evan Thompson and Eleanor Rosch |
| Published | 1991 |
| Pages | 308 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Varela, Thompson and Rosch’s founding statement of enactive cognitive science — mind as something a body does in an environment rather than a computation on representations, argued alongside Buddhist analyses of experience. |
Where I heard about it
- @SpencrGreenberg’s thread — named in the replies to his question “What non-fiction book taught you the most about how the world really works?”, June 2025. Full set of replies: A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet).
Connections
- Psychology — The field being reframed.
- Neuroscience — The layer the argument is fought on.
- Complexity — The systems view underneath enaction.
- A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet) — the thread this recommendation came from.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.