Leo
@leolib.bsky.social
Biologist, Interested in Philosophy of Mind and Cognition.
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"Can a book be ahead of its time by 50 years?! The answer is a definitive ‘yes’ in the case of this phenomenal book by Francisco Varela. A real gem of a book about the philosophical foundations of biology and so much more." - Luiz Pessoa @pessoabrain.bsky.social mitpress.mit.edu/978026255140...
Principles of Biological Autonomy
Francisco Varela’s Principles of Biological Autonomy was a groundbreaking text when it was first published in 1979, putting forth a novel theory of how...
mitpress.mit.edu
February 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"Can a book be ahead of its time by 50 years?! The answer is a definitive ‘yes’ in the case of this phenomenal book by Francisco Varela. A real gem of a book about the philosophical foundations of biology and so much more." - Luiz Pessoa @pessoabrain.bsky.social mitpress.mit.edu/978026255140...
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Important new paper by @philosodave.bsky.social on how rational capacities transform embodied cognition journals.publishing.umich.edu/ergo/article...
Transformative Embodied Cognition
How should accounts that stress the embodied, embedded and engaged character of human minds accommodate the role of rationality in human subjectivity? Drawing on Matthew Boyle’s contrast between ‘addi...
journals.publishing.umich.edu
January 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Important new paper by @philosodave.bsky.social on how rational capacities transform embodied cognition journals.publishing.umich.edu/ergo/article...
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By my The Blind Spot co-author @adamfrank4.bsky.social aeon.co/essays/how-u...
How UFOs almost killed the search for life in the Universe | Aeon Essays
Not long ago the search for extraterrestrials was considered laughable nonsense. Today, it’s serious and scientific
aeon.co
November 19, 2024 at 3:38 PM
By my The Blind Spot co-author @adamfrank4.bsky.social aeon.co/essays/how-u...
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Our new review paper "The Psychology of Poverty: Current and Future Directions" is just published!
We introduce an organizing framework illustrating the causal links between poverty context, psychological mechanisms, and behaviors that may perpetuate poverty.
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/FJRPC...
We introduce an organizing framework illustrating the causal links between poverty context, psychological mechanisms, and behaviors that may perpetuate poverty.
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/FJRPC...
November 18, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Our new review paper "The Psychology of Poverty: Current and Future Directions" is just published!
We introduce an organizing framework illustrating the causal links between poverty context, psychological mechanisms, and behaviors that may perpetuate poverty.
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/FJRPC...
We introduce an organizing framework illustrating the causal links between poverty context, psychological mechanisms, and behaviors that may perpetuate poverty.
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/FJRPC...