Shaun Gallagher, Bruce Janz, Lauren Reinerman

A Neurophenomenology of Awe and Wonder

Towards a Non-Reductionist Cognitive Science

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a study of the various feelings of awe and wonder experienced by astronauts during space flight. It summarizes the results of two experimental, interdisciplinary studies that employ methods from neuroscience, psychology, phenomenology and simulation technology, and it argues for a non-reductionist approach to cognitive science.

Produktdetails

• New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-49604-1
• 1st ed. 2015
• Seitenzahl: 195
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 355g
• ISBN-13: 9781137496041
• ISBN-10: 1137496045
• Artikelnr.: 42912797

Autorenporträt

Author Shaun Gallagher: Shaun Gallagher is the Lillian and Morrie Moss Professor of Excellence in Philosophy at the University of Memphis, USA. He has a secondary appointment at the University of Hertfordshire, UK, and is Honorary Professor of Philosophy at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Introduction: How to study subjective experiences
PART I: STUDYING AWE AND WONDER
Chapter 2: Hermeneutical explorations
Chapter 3: Awe and wonder in a simulated space flight: Experiment 1
Chapter 4: Neurophenomenology and simulation: Philosophical ground control
and a sharpening of our tools
Chapter 5: Redesigning Plato's cave: Experiment 2
PART II: INSIGHTS AND EXTENSIONS
Chapter 6: The phenomenology of unprecedented experience: Ontological and
cognitive wonder
Chapter 7: Science and science fiction: How popular culture shapes our
expectations about space
Chapter 8: The very idea of non-reductionist science