🧠🔧 Functionalism—the key to understanding the mind? Or a modern misconception?

#Functionalism and our understanding of the #mind: the #brain as software, #humans as #programs, #consciousness as a kind of #code.

A #Zoomposium with #ThomasFuchs on #embodiment, #AI, #neuroconstructivism, and the #future of our #view of humanity.

🎥 https://youtu.be/1ouxs6P3Enc

📎https://philosophies.de/index.php/2022/11/20/das-verkoerperte-bewusstsein/

#EmbodiedConsciousness #PhilosophyOfMind #CognitiveNeuroscience

The secret role of #pain – More than just a #feeling 🤒 ✨

What if pain were more than just a signal from the #body – what if it were a fundamental condition of #consciousness itself?

In our #Zoomposium with #ThomasFuchs, we discuss the fascinating question of why pain not only “hurts” but is also functionally necessary.

#Embodiment #Phenomenology #PhenomenalConsciousness #EmbodiedConsciousness #PhilosophyOfMind #CognitiveNeuroscience

🧠 #Cognition is embodied 🫃

Perception, thought, and feeling are inextricably linked to the #body.

In the #Zoomposium with Thomas Fuchs, we talk about #embodiment, #consciousness, and #AI—and ask: Does the #body play a role in decision-making?

📽 Interview: https://youtu.be/1ouxs6P3Enc

📎 Information: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2022/11/20/das-verkoerperte-bewusstsein/

#ThomasFuchs #Phenomenology #PhenomenalConsciousness #EmbodiedConsciousness #PhilosophyOfMind #CognitiveNeuroscience #CognitiveScience #Enactivism #Neuroconstructivism