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Digital world, lifeworld, and the phenomenology of corporeality
The contemporary world is characterised by the pervasive presence of digital technologies that play a part in almost every aspect of our life. An urgent and much-debated issue consists in evaluating the repercussions of these technologies on our human condition. In this paper, I tackle this issue from the standpoint of Husserlian phenomenology. I argue that phenomenology offers a contribution to our understanding of the implications of digital technologies, in the light of its analysis of the essential structures of human experience, and especially of its corporeal grounding. In the light of this analysis, it is possible to investigate the ways in which these essential structures are affected by digital technologies. In particular, it is possible to highlight the ways in which some digital technologies involve a process of disembodiment or simply a superficial embodiment of experience
Phenomenology, Empiricism, and Constructivism in Paolo Parrini's Positive Philosophy
In this work, I discuss the role of Husserlâs phenomenology in Paolo Parriniâs positive philosophy. In the first section, I highlight the presence of both empiricist and constructivist elements in Parriniâs anti-foundationalist and anti-absolutist conception of knowledge. In the second section, I stress Parriniâs acknowledgement of the crucial role of phenomenology in investigating the empirical basis of knowledge, thanks to its analysis of the relationship between form and matter of cognition. In the third section, I point out some lines of development of the phenomenological form of empirical realism as revealed in Parriniâs reflection, through a comparison of Husserlâs genetic phenomenology, Mary Hesseâs network model and the tradition of neutral monism
Epistemology and Ontology of the Quality. An Introduction to the Enactive Approach to Qualitative Ontology
The concept of quality points at a significant philosophical problem. The issue of the ontological status of the qualities of experience and reality leads us to discuss the issues of naturalism and reductionism in philosophy of mind. I argue that a transcendental version of the enactive approach is able to address these issues, thanks to its conception of the relation between subject and object as dependent co-origination. In this way, the enactive approach constitutes an alternative to both the internalism and the externalism about qualities, constituting a process-oriented and relationist framework that can be fruitfully applied to the analysis of different ontological domains. In the conclusive section, I distinguish between an ontological and a metaphysical interpretation of this view, stressing the advantages of the former
Color Relationism and Enactive Ontology
In this paper, I present the enactive theory of color that implies a form of color relationism. I argue that this view constitutes a better alternative to color subjectivism and color objectivism. I liken the enactive view to Husserlâs phenomenology of perception, arguing that both deconstruct the clear duality of subject and object, which is at the basis of the other theories of color, in order to claim the co-constitution of subject and object in the process of experience. I also extend the enactive and phenomenological account of color to the more general topic of the epistemological and ontological status of sensory qualities (qualia), outlining the fields of enactive phenomenology and enactive ontology
The Concept of Experience in Husserl's Phenomenology and James' Radical Empiricism
In this paper, I develop a comparison between the philosophies of Husserl and James in relation to their concepts of experience. Whereas various authors have acknowledged the affinity between Jamesâ early psychology and Husserlâs phenomenology, the late development of Jamesâ philosophy is often considered in opposition to Husserlâs transcendental phenomenology. This is because Jamesâ radical empiricism achieves a non-dual dimension of experience that precedes the functional division into subject and object, thus contrasting with the phenomenological analysis of the dual structure of intentionality. However, I argue that the later âgeneticâ development of phenomenology converges with some central aspects of Jamesâ radical
empiricism. This is because genetic phenomenology leads us to conceive of the flow of primal impressions as a fundamental dimension of experience that precedes the subject-object duality and is at the base of the process of co-constitution of the subject and the object in reciprocal dependence. At the same time, Husserl conceives of the impressional core of experience as structured by formal conditions that depend on the
concrete constitution of an embodied subject. For this reason, I argue that Husserlâs genetic phenomenology can complement Jamesâ radical empiricism, thus leading to the development of the doctrine of pure experience as a form of empirical and not metaphysical realism
Genetic Phenomenology and Empirical Naturalism
Husserlâs phenomenology is developed in explicit contrast to naturalism. At the same time, various scholars have attempted to overcome this opposition by naturalizing consciousness and phenomenology. In this paper, I argue that, in order to confront the issue of the relationship between phenomenology and naturalism, we must distinguish between different forms of naturalism. In fact, Husserlâs transcendental phenomenology is developed in contrast to a metaphysical form of naturalism, which conceives of nature as a mind-independent ontological domain that can be known as it is âin itselfâ, independently of the cognitive relationship. At the same time, I argue that the genetic development of phenomenology, through the investigation of the temporal structure of experiences, leads to an empirical form of naturalism, which conceives of nature as the objective pole in a process of co-constitution of the subject and the object of experience.
Winner of the Philosophy Essay Prize âVittorio Sainatiâ XIIth Editio
Decarbonizing economies through carbon pricing - is there an ideal policy mix? - evidence from South Africa: the impact of fdis on emissions and a step forward to carbon neutrality
Explicit and implicit carbon pricing are indispensable to reduce emissions and direct economies towards carbon neutrality. This report aimed to investigate whether there is a policy mix that is the most effective in emission reduction. A cluster analysisbased on countriesâ environmental policy mixesshowed that stringent market-based instruments such as the CO2 tax are substantial for effective emission abatement. In a second step, an emissions forecasting model was developed to see the variables that most influence emissions within each cluster, with the aim of making targeted recommendations to individual countries. This model was applied to South Africa, with a special focus on the effect of FDI on emissions. It was seen how this effect depends on the level of development of the receiving country and the quantity and quality of FDI
Fenomenologia, empirismo e costruttivismo nella filosofia positiva di Paolo Parrini
In this work, I discuss the role of Husserlâs phenomenology in Paolo Parriniâs philosophical view. In the first section, I highlight the presence of both empiricist and constructivist elements in Parriniâs anti-foundationalist and anti-absolutist conception of knowledge. In the second section, I stress Parriniâs acknowledgement of the crucial role of phenomenology in investigating the empirical basis of knowledge, thanks to its analysis of the relationship between form and matter of cognition. In the third section, I point at some lines of development of phenomenology that are revealed by Parriniâs reflection, through the comparison between Husserlâs genetic phenomenology, Mary Hesseâs network model, and the tradition of neutral monism
Corpo funzionale e corpo senziente. La tesi forte del carattere incarnato della mente in fenomenologia
Riassunto: In questo lavoro distinguo tra due versioni della tesi del carattere incarnato della mente: âdeboleâ e âforteâ. Secondo la versione debole, il possesso di stati mentali presuppone lâesistenza di un corpo che si muove ed agisce nellâambiente, ossia un corpo funzionale. Secondo la versione forte, invece, il possesso di stati mentali presuppone lâesistenza di un corpo non solo funzionale ma anche senziente, ossia: il corpo come sede della sensibilitĂ o coscienza fenomenica. Sostengo che alcuni approcci allâinterno della âscienza cognitiva incarnataâ implicano la forma debole di embodiment: la robotica di Brooks, lâenattivismo sensomotorio di NoĂ« e OâRegan e lâenattivismo radicale di Hutto e Myin. In contrapposizione a queste prospettive, e basandomi sullâanalisi fenomenologica della corporeitĂ vivente e vissuta, difendo la forma forte di embodiment, secondo cui la mente si fonda essenzialmente sul corpo funzionale e senziente.Parole chiave: Fenomenologia; Embodiment; Coscienza fenomenica; Enattivismo; QualitĂ sensibili Functional body and sentient body. The strong view on the embodied mind in phenomenologyAbstract: In this paper, I draw a distinction between weak and strong versions of the âembodiment thesisâ. The weak version claims that mental states are grounded in a body that moves and acts in the environment, i.e., a functional body. The strong version claims that mental states are grounded in a body that is not only functional but also sentient, i.e., a body that is the locus of sensibility or phenomenal consciousness. I argue that some approaches within the ânew embodied cognitive scienceâ â Brooksâ robotics, NoĂ«âs and OâReganâs sensorimotor enactivism, Huttoâs and Myinâs radical enactivism â imply a weak version of the embodiment thesis. In contrast, by drawing on a phenomenological analysis of living and lived corporeality, I argue for the strong version, which claims that the mind is essentially grounded in the functional and sentient body.Keywords: Phenomenology; Embodiment; Phenomenal Consciousness; Enactivism; Sensible Qualitie
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