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Invitation aux sciences cognitives

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Invitation aux sciences cognitives

L'émergence des sciences cognitives, constellation de disciplines aussi diverses que l'informatique, la linguistique et les neurosciences, marque un changement conceptuel qui préfigure sans doute les nouveaux champs scientifiques du siècle prochain. Autour de la question de la connaissance ont spontanément convergé plusieurs approches complémentaires dont Francisco Varela dresse ici un panorama très complet. De l'intelligence artificielle aux réseaux de neurones et aux travaux actuels sur la conscience et la vie artificielle, il met en perspective les grands courants des sciences cognitives. Rejetant tout réductionnisme et tout a priori théorique, cette approche " enactive " refuse de réduire la conscience à des interactions entre neurones et de séparer le cerveau du monde extérieur.


Francisco J. Varela (1946-2001)

Neurobiologiste et philosophe, il fut directeur de recherche au CNRS. Ses travaux lui ont assuré un renom international.

144 pages, Pocket Book

First published January 1, 1997

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Francisco J. Varela

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Francisco Varela was a biologist, philosopher, and neuroscientist who, together with his teacher Humberto Maturana, is best known for introducing the concept of *autopoiesis to biology*, for bringing phenomenology and first-person approaches to biology and neuroscience, and for co-founding the Mind and Life Institute to promote dialog between science and Buddhism.

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October 30, 2021
Este breve y concisa introducción a la ciencias cognitivas no solo hace un repaso muy claro y esclarecedor del tema en cuestión, sino que plantea los debates de actualidad (por lo menos allá por los 90) de las ciencias cognitivas y el cambio de fase que se estaba viviendo en ellas, desde un modelo más computacionalista a otro más basado en la enacción, concepto clave desarrollado al final del libro. También destaca por su riqueza filosófica y la capacidad de Varela para dialogar con algunos de los grandes pensadores del siglo XX sin perder el rigor científico en ningún momento. Excelente libro de un excelente autor.
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September 5, 2022
It was really hard to read and I hope I il remember the best argument of this book. But since I was not aware of the epistemological distinction between computationnalism and connectionnism it was insightful and very refreashing.
I suspect I love this book even more because I share the philosophy of the author. I am a phenomenologist myself and I deeply agree with embodied cognition so enactivism is not alien to me.
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