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Revista colombiana de psiquiatria September 1, 2012 Andrés Segovia-Cuellar 4 citations
Cognitive science emerged in the mid-20th century as a multidisciplinary field uniting diverse approaches to studying the human mind and knowledge. This theoretical paper critically examines how theoretical biology has addressed cognition, focusing on the enactive project and Francisco Varela's neurophenomenology. It traces the history of cognitive science, the rise of the enactive paradigm, and the "embodied" turn influenced by continental phenomenology. The authors argue that the "hard problem" of consciousness persists due to reductionist views that treat cognition as rational, individual, abstract, and disembodied, reinforcing functionalism in philosophy of mind. They contend that resolving classic dichotomies in mind sciences requires rejecting such assumptions.