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Fully embodying the personal level

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1998

Francisco J. Varela
Affiliation:
LENA CNRS UPR 640, Hopital de la Salpetrière, 75013 Paris, Francefv@ccr.jussieu.fr www.ccr.jussieu.fr/varela/welcome.html
Pierre Vermersch
Affiliation:
LPC-CNRS, Ecole Normale Superieure, 92120 Monterouge, Francepvermers@es-conseil.fr www.es-conseil.fr/GREX/

Abstract

The target article concludes that it is essential to introduce the personal level in cognitive science. We propose to take this conclusion one step further. The personal level should consist of first-person accounts of specific, contextualized experiences, not abstract or imagined cases. Exploring first-person accounts at their own level of detail calls for the refinements of method that can link up with neural accounts.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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