Love and Philosophy
Love and Philosophy Beyond Dichotomy started as research conversations across disciplines. There was so much I wanted to explore that I was being told I shouldn't explore because it didn't fit into this or that discipline, but because I study and work in so many, those barriers no longer made sense. The same felt true relative to passions and love.
So I decided to open myself to all of it beyond traditional distinctions, towards learning and development. This podcast is where those voices gather together in one space as I try and notice the patterns that connect.
It's part of my life work and research, but it's also something I hope to share with you and I invite you to share your perspective and position. Thank you for being here.
Love and Philosophy
Heideggerian Robots of Phenomenology and Cognitive Science with Michael Wheeler
Join Michael Wheeler and Mirko Prokop as they dive into Heidegger’s phenomenology and its relevance for cognitive science as well as Michael’s recent work in the nascent field of the cognitive arts and humanities. Touching on philosophical and existential questions about the nature of mind and our relationship to the world and others, they explore the structure of human experience, its bodily, biological and social dimensions and discuss how artistic improvisation and creativity can lead us to see authenticity as the basic dynamic of thinking.
00:00: Introduction and guest welcome
02:26: Michael Wheeler’s journey into philosophy
04:23: What is phenomenology?
07:17: Introspection
10:57: The transcendental in the light of history
14:35: Heidegger’s Kantian side
17:17 : Heidegger vs. Descartes
21:22: Dasein: Heidegger’s conception of the subject
24:36: Being thrown into a meaningful world
26:00: "Equipment" in Heidegger
29:00: Being-in-the-world: totalities of involvement
36:55: Disturbances and skillful coping
41:00: The primacy of "online intelligence“
45:46: How often do we experience flow?
50:52: The extended mind
01:00:15: McDowell on the personal and subpersonal
01:05:00: "Orthodox" cognitive science
01:10:00: Heideggerian Robots
01:12:36: Embodiment
01:18:57: Michael’s current work on authenticity
01:21:24: Anxiety: being thrown into a social world
01:22:03: Authenticity as the basic dynamic of thinking
01:26:29: The Cognitive Arts and Humanities
01:32:30: Biology, culture, and non-human animals
01:29:21 Integrating Cognitive Science with the Humanities
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