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The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience

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Philosophy EnactivismNeurophenomenologyBuddhist-Dialog

By Francisco J. Varela, Evan Thompson, and Eleanor Rosch

Summary

Merges cognitive science (Maturana & Varela's autopoiesis), phenomenology (Merleau-Ponty, Husserl), and Buddhist philosophy (Madhyamaka, mindfulness) into a unified framework. Cognition = enaction (embodied action that brings forth a world). The self is not a thing but a process.

Why It Matters

The founding text of neurophenomenology and the enactment approach. Directly relevant to Prashant's science-spirituality synthesis.

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