In search of the enactive: Introduction to special issue on enactive experience

Author: Torrance, Steve

Source: Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, Volume 4, Number 4, December 2005 , pp. 357-368(12)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

In the decade and a half since the appearance of Varela, Thompson and Rosch's workThe Embodied Mind,enactivism has helped to put experience and consciousness, conceived of in a distinctive way, at the forefront of cognitive science. There are at least two major strands within the enactive perspective: a broad view of what it is to be an agent with a mind; and a more focused account of the nature of perception and perceptual experience. The relation between these two strands is discussed, with an overview of the papers presented in this volume.

Keywords: Enactivism; experience; embodiment; sensorimotor contingency; autonomy; autopoiesis

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11097-005-9004-9

Affiliations: 1: Email: stevet@sussex.ac.uk

Publication date: 2005-12-01