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Author Varela, Francisco J., 1946-2001.

Title The embodied mind : cognitive science and human experience / Francisco J. Varela, Evan Thompson, Eleonor Rosch
Edition Paperback edition
Published Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, 1993

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Description xx, 308 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents Acknowledgments -- 1. Fundamental Circularity: In the Mind of the Reflective Scientist -- 2. What Do We Mean "Human Experience"? -- 3. Symbols: The Cognitivist Hypothesis -- 4. I of the Storm -- 5. Emergent Properties and Connectionism -- 6. Selfless Minds -- 7. Cartesian Anxiety -- 8. Enaction: Embodied Cognition -- 9. Evolutionary Path Making and Natural Drift -- 10. Middle Way -- 11. Laying Down a Path in Walking -- Appendix A Meditation Terminology -- Appendix B Categories of Experiential Events Used in Mindfulness/Awareness -- Appendix C Works on Buddhism and Mindfulness/Awareness -- Notes -- References
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-294) and index
Notes Also available via the World Wide Web
SUBJECT Ellis Horwood series in cognitive science. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84703428
Subject Cognition.
Cognitive science.
Experiential learning.
Meditation -- Buddhism.
Meditations -- Buddhism
Author Rosch, Eleanor.
Thompson, Evan.
ISBN 0262220423 (hbk.)
0262720213 (paperback)