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Francisco J. Varela
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Consciousness and Cognitive Sciences journal-psychoanalysis.eu 13 facts
referenceFrancisco J. Varela authored the book 'Invitation aux Sciences Cognitives', published by Seuil in Paris in 1996.
referenceFrancisco J. Varela, J-P Lachaux, E. Rodriguez, and J. Martinerie published the article 'The brainweb: Phase synchronization and large-scale integration' in Nature Reviews Neuroscience in 2001.
referenceFrancisco J. Varela published the article 'Radical Embodiement: Neural Dynamics and conscious experience' in Trends in Cognitive Science in 2001.
referenceFrancisco J. Varela authored the book 'Principles of Biological Autonomy', published by Elsevier/North-Holland in New York in 1979.
claimFrancisco J. Varela served as the Director of Research at the CNRS (National Council for Scientific Research) and was a member of CREA (Cognitive and Epistemological Sciences) at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris.
claimFrancisco J. Varela (1946-2001) held a doctoral degree in biological sciences from Harvard University, which he earned in 1970.
referenceFrancisco J. Varela published the article 'The Specious Present: The neurophenomenology of present time consciousness' in the book 'Naturalizing Phenomenology: Contemporary Issues on Phenomenology and Cognitive Science', published by Stanford University Press in 1998.
claimFrancisco J. Varela's research interests focused on the biological mechanisms of cognitive phenomena and human consciousness, spanning both experimental research and conceptual foundations.
referenceNatalie Depraz and Francisco Varela authored three papers titled 'Au coeur de temps: l’auto antécédence' (I, II, and III) submitted to the journals Etudes phénoménologiques, Intellektica, and Raidons Pratiques in 2002.
referenceFrancisco J. Varela and Natalie Depraz published the article 'At the source of time: Valence and the constitutional dynamics of affect' in the electronic journal Ar@base in 1999.
referenceFrancisco J. Varela published the article 'The naturalization of phenomenology as the transcendence of nature' in the journal Alter in 1997.
claimFrancisco Varela and Jonathan Shear made the first systematic step toward advancing methods of phenomenological investigation for cognitive science research in their 1999 work.
referenceFrancisco J. Varela published the article 'Resonant Cell Assemblies: A new approach to cognitive functions and neuronal synchrony' in the journal Biological Research in 1995.
Moving Forward on the Problem of Consciousness - David Chalmers consc.net 6 facts
claimDavid Chalmers argues that information states play a central role in computationalist, connectionist, and embodied frameworks, despite Francisco Varela's skepticism regarding the cybernetic tradition.
claimJonathan Shear and Francisco Varela concentrate on phenomenological approaches to the hard problem of consciousness.
claimDavid Chalmers advocates for the careful study of consciousness as proposed by Jonathan Shear and Francisco Varela as a central component in finding a solution to the problem of consciousness.
accountThe symposium on David Chalmers' paper 'Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness' included 26 commentaries from various scholars, including Bernard Baars, Douglas Bilodeau, Patricia Churchland, Tom Clark, C.J.S. Clarke, Francis Crick, Christof Koch, Daniel Dennett, Stuart Hameroff, Roger Penrose, Valerie Hardcastle, David Hodgson, Piet Hut, Roger Shepard, Benjamin Libet, E.J. Lowe, Bruce MacLennan, Colin McGinn, Eugene Mills, Kieron O'Hara, Tom Scutt, Mark Price, William Robinson, Gregg Rosenberg, William Seager, Jonathan Shear, Henry Stapp, Francisco Varela, Max Velmans, and Richard Warner.
claimDavid Chalmers identifies the main difference between his approach and Francisco Varela's as one of emphasis: Varela emphasizes phenomenological data, while Chalmers emphasizes the systematic relationship between phenomenological data and underlying processes.
perspectiveFrancisco Varela is critical of David Chalmers' use of Shannonian information because Varela views the cybernetic tradition as outmoded.
The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com 2 facts
claimScholars including Rorty (1979), Dennett (1991), Varela et al. (1993), James (1996), and Nietzsche (2002) have refused the notion of the conscious self.
referenceFrancisco Varela, Evan Thompson, and Eleanor Rosch published 'The embodied mind: cognitive science and human experience' with MIT Press in 1993.
Quantum Models of Consciousness from a Quantum Information ... arxiv.org Dec 20, 2024 1 fact
claimFrancisco Varela, J.-P. Lachaux, E. Rodriguez, and J. Martinerie described the brain as a 'brainweb' characterized by phase synchronization and large-scale integration in 2001.
The Mechanisms of Psychedelic Visionary Experiences - Frontiers frontiersin.org Sep 27, 2017 1 fact
referenceFrancisco Varela published 'Neurophenomenology: a methodological remedy for the hard problem' in the Journal of Consciousness Studies in 1996 (J. Conscious. Stud. 3, 330–349).
Theories and Methods of Consciousness biomedres.us Jan 29, 2024 1 fact
claimEvan Thompson and Francisco J. Varela proposed a 'radical embodiment' approach to understanding neural dynamics and consciousness.
Consciousness (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 ... plato.stanford.edu Jun 18, 2004 1 fact
referenceFrancisco Varela and Humberto Maturana defined consciousness as an autopoietic system, meaning it is a self-creating and self-organizing system.