scholarly journals ”Let Man Remain Dead:” The Posthuman Ecology of Tale of Tales

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-68
Author(s):  
Francesco Sticchi
Keyword(s):  
Embodied Cognition ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
The Body ◽  
Cognitive Analysis ◽  
Baruch Spinoza ◽  
Absolute Parallelism ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Film Experience ◽  
Ecological Idea

Abstract In this essay I analyse Matteo Garrone’s Tale of Tales (2015) within the perspective of embodied cognition. I consider film experience as an affective-conceptual phenomenon based on the viewer’s embodiment of the visual structures. Baruch Spinoza stands at the foundation of my analytical approach since his thought was based on the absolute parallelism between the body and the mind. This paradigm redefines anthropocentrism and rejects dualism; however, the criticism of the rationalist ideal is also one of the main characteristics of the film Tale of Tales: by staging baroque and excessive characters, it allows the viewer to embody a notion of subjectivity that is performative and relational. Therefore, by combining the cognitive analysis of the film with my theoretical framework I will present a radical criticism of abstract rationality and present an ecological idea of the human.

scholarly journals A Theoretical Framework for the Critical Posthumanities

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 31-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosi Braidotti
Keyword(s):  
Research University ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
The Body ◽  
Conceptual Foundation ◽  
Contemporary Research ◽  
Human Exceptionalism ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Knowledge Claims ◽  
Self Organizing

What are the parameters that define a posthuman knowing subject, her scientific credibility and ethical accountability? Taking the posthumanities as an emergent field of enquiry based on the convergence of posthumanism and post-anthropocentrism, I argue that posthuman knowledge claims go beyond the critiques of the universalist image of ‘Man’ and of human exceptionalism. The conceptual foundation I envisage for the critical posthumanities is a neo-Spinozist monistic ontology that assumes radical immanence, i.e. the primacy of intelligent and self-organizing matter. This implies that the posthuman knowing subject has to be understood as a relational embodied and embedded, affective and accountable entity and not only as a transcendental consciousness. Two related notions emerge from this claim: firstly, the mind-body continuum – i.e. the embrainment of the body and embodiment of the mind – and secondly, the nature-culture continuum – i.e. ‘naturecultural’ and ‘humanimal’ transversal bonding. The article explores these key conceptual and methodological perspectives and discusses the implications of the critical posthumanities for practices in the contemporary ‘research’ university.

It’s in My Bones

2020 ◽  
pp. 131-149
Author(s):  
Iris Berent
Keyword(s):  
Embodied Cognition ◽  
The Body ◽  
Computational Theory Of Mind ◽  
Abstract Concepts ◽  
Computational Theory ◽  
Bodily Experiences ◽  
Abstract Notion ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Material Bodies

When I point to an object, you and I can agree on what it is (a red, round cup). How does our brain (matter) represent such notions? And how do we (distinct material bodies) apparently converge so we can talk about the same things? Cognitive scientists and philosophers have long assumed that people share abstract concepts (e.g., a cup); to explain how such abstract concepts can give rise to thinking, they further proposed the computational theory of mind. But theories of “embodied cognition” assert that cognition is all “in people’s bones.” What we know as a cup is not an abstract notion but rather the bodily experiences of our sensory and motor interactions with a cup—its shiny color, how it feels in our hands, the smoothness of its surface, its weight, and shape. I suggest that “Embodiment” is alluring because it promises to resolve the mysteries of Dualism (how can material bodies encode the immaterial notion of a cup?) and the origins of ideas (how do we all converge on an understanding that allows us to talk about the same things?). The solution is strikingly simple—just remove the “mind” from the equation. If there is no (immaterial) knowledge, then we no longer need to worry about how knowledge arises from the body and how knowledge can be learned. As discussed in the previous chapter, people erroneously believe that “if it’s in my body” then “it’s inborn.” Dualism and essentialism thus explain some of the lure of embodied cognition.

The Body in Action

2018 ◽  
pp. 242-260
Author(s):  
Michael Kirchhoff
Keyword(s):  
Embodied Cognition ◽  
Prima Facie ◽  
The Body ◽  
Predictive Processing ◽  
The Mind

This chapter considers the possible convergence of predictive processing and embodied cognition. It is argued that the embodied view of cognition comprises a subset (if not all) of the following theses: (1) the constitutive thesis, (2) the nonrepresentational thesis, (3) the cognitive-affective inseparability thesis, and (4) the metaplasticity thesis. It is then argued that predictive processing is prima facie at odds with some (if not all) of these embodied cognition theses. The reason is that predictive processing is often understood in epistemic, inferential, and representational terms, promoting an internalist and skepticism-prone view of the mind-world relation. The chapter proceeds to establish that this perceived tension between predictive processing and embodied cognition can be overcome. The chapter concludes that it is possible to accept predictive processing and endorse all four theses central to the embodied view of cognition.

scholarly journals Praktik Yoga Arsitek Bade: Membaca Praktik Yoga Penglukunan Dasa Aksara Undagi Bade

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
I Putu Gede Suyoga
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
The Body ◽  
Spiritual Practice ◽  
Literacy Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Practice ◽  
Design Skills ◽  
The Mind

Every profession has the realm of yoga applications that are relevant to the practice of their profession. An undagi “architect” in addition to equipping himself with design skills and technical skills for “artifacts”, is also obliged to master the mind (yoga), one of which is the literacy technique “union of ten scripts / holy letters”. This study aims to uncover the phenomenon of undagi bade which is able to capture the knowledge behind the script as a practice of yoga for spiritual practice, and manifested in the form of bade architectural artifacts. This study is a qualitative study with a descriptive analytical approach. Collecting data by observation and documentation. Determination of informants is done by purposive sampling. Data analysis was based on Michel Foucault’s knowledge power relations theory. The results of the study showed that the architecture of the bade was composed of pepalihan (parts) that compose parts of the body and roof. The shape varies there are those who are not overlapping called a container and whose roof is overlapped is called a bade, some even have no roof (open) called padma. This roof variant is the result of a deep contemplation of “yoga” literacy. Knowledge of the dasa aksukan capturing was captured by undagi bade to be developed as power in the practice of his profession. This power of knowledge practice applies in the realm of Balinese society whose bodies have been disciplined, obedient and useful in carrying out ceremonial cultural practices of death. Personally the meaning of yoga in literacy is the practice of training the undagi self-discipline in seeking authenticity on the path of Tantra.

Passions, consciousness, and the Rosetta Stone: Spinoza and embodied, extended, and affective cognition

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-15
Author(s):  
German Bula
Keyword(s):  
Embodied Cognition ◽  
Body Problem ◽  
Baruch Spinoza ◽  
Rosetta Stone ◽  
Mind And Body ◽  
Mind Body Problem ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Ontological Framework

Baruch Spinoza is often cited as a forerunner of current ideas in neuroscience and neurobiology and is seen as an early champion of embodied cognition. This article aims to specify in what way Spinoza’s ideas are useful to current research on the mind-body problem. Rather than seeking coincidences here and there between Spinoza’s positions and current findings, the article proposes that Spinoza provides a broad ontological framework that can guide research. This idea is fleshed out by contrasting Spinoza’s ideas on emotions, the treatment of harmful passions, and the mind-body relationship with those of Descartes; by showing how Spinoza’s positions are importantly different from those of current neuroscience; and by showing how Spinoza proposes a solution to the problem of consciousness that makes use of his ontological framework, which suggests an heuristic in which mind and body can be treated as hermeneutical keys to each other.

scholarly journals Diacrises and mixed emotions in the relationship between music and art cinema: teacher learning and training through multimodal experiences

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-17
Author(s):  
Gianni Nuti
Keyword(s):  
Embodied Cognition ◽  
Teacher Learning ◽  
The Body ◽  
Metacognitive Skills ◽  
Art Cinema ◽  
Mixed Emotions ◽  
Power Of Words ◽  
The Mind ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
And Training

Abstract The study discusses the ability to develop metacognitive skills through experiences of contact with cinematic works that produce complex, multifaceted, emotional impacts understood by the body before they are understood by the mind. We investigate the relationship between music and images by identifying morphological profiles and the multimodal value of hybridized, dynamic and mutually changing phenomena [Zambaldi, 2016] in which we see ourselves [Gallese, Guerra, 2015]. We must emphasize that only by elaborating propositions, reordering reality according to grammatical codes and syntactic patterns, it is possible to circumscribe and amplify the power of communication and non-verbal relationships: the power of embodied cognition must not stop but foster the power of words

Influencing the Mind Through the Body: A Theoretical Model for Coping With Student Teacher Stress Through Physical Exercise

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Les MacFarlane ◽  
Cameron Montgomery
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Physical Exercise ◽  
Student Teacher ◽  
Cognitive Appraisal ◽  
Teacher Stress ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
The Body ◽  
Theoretical Synthesis ◽  
The Mind

This article is a theoretical synthesis of two distinct concepts: student teacher stress and physical exercise. This article begins by reviewing the literature surrounding these two ideas and leads to a theoretical framework that integrates the concepts embedded in Loehr’s theories on stress and physical exercise, as well as Folkman and Lazarus’ model of cognitive appraisal. The article proposes an explanation of how physical exercise interacts with cognitive appraisal.

Burnout of the Mind – Burnout of the Body?

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Traunmüller ◽  
Kerstin Gaisbachgrabner ◽  
Helmut Karl Lackner ◽  
Andreas R. Schwerdtfeger
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Allostatic Load ◽  
Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽  
The Body ◽  
Lower Percentage ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Urinary Catecholamines ◽  
Morning Cortisol ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Cortisol Increase

Abstract. In the present paper we investigate whether patients with a clinical diagnosis of burnout show physiological signs of burden across multiple physiological systems referred to as allostatic load (AL). Measures of the sympathetic-adrenergic-medullary (SAM) axis and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis were assessed. We examined patients who had been diagnosed with burnout by their physicians (n = 32) and were also identified as burnout patients based on their score in the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS) and compared them with a nonclinical control group (n = 19) with regard to indicators of allostatic load (i.e., ambulatory ECG, nocturnal urinary catecholamines, salivary morning cortisol secretion, blood pressure, and waist-to-hip ratio [WHR]). Contrary to expectations, a higher AL index suggesting elevated load in several of the parameters of the HPA and SAM axes was found in the control group but not in the burnout group. The control group showed higher norepinephrine values, higher blood pressure, higher WHR, higher sympathovagal balance, and lower percentage of cortisol increase within the first hour after awakening as compared to the patient group. Burnout was not associated with AL. Results seem to indicate a discrepancy between self-reported burnout symptoms and psychobiological load.

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