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BS 198 Embodied Cognition with Evan Thompson

Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone

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The Mind in Life

Phenomenology might seem rather esoteric, the main theme of mind in life is not. Thompson defined an autonomous system as one that creates a self through interactions with its environment. Dynamic systems theory is a tool that allows us to get a handle on systems that are highly dependent on initial conditions. It's important t note that thompson does not propose that all life is conscious. This effort becomes difficult if one projects consciousness down to the cellular level.

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