Non-Duality in Cognitive Science (enaction)

[Bertrand_Coulombel]

Hey Leo,

It would be great to have your take on the subject of non-duality in current cognitive science.

The most representative position of that being "enactivism".

If you don't know what it is, you can read this short paper :

http://www.biolinguagem.com/ling_cog_cult/varela_1997_whence_perceptual_meaning.pdf

It's written by Francisco Varela (that guy had great insights, if your are not familiar with his work, I'm sure you'll appreciate it a lot).

You can also read the book "The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience" to learn more about his stance.

I myself am a young cognitive scientist living in France (still a thesis student though)

and from what I got from you, here's another reading that might prove to be a compelling read for you :

http://daimao.info/worldminds-existential-perception

 

It's actually a personal text from mine. It's not really enaction, but it has basically the same non-duality vibe. What is interesting about this is that I "derived" this non-duality view on my "own" (~ from the influences and inquiries I had). So it's articulated a bit differently than the "standard" non-duality ideas cause I was not directly exposed to them at that point. And when I eventually got exposed to them, it was somewhat "natural" to make sense of them (even though the nuances are not really the same).

Cheers