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275Mind and Brain StatesEpistemology and Philosophy of Science 44 (2): 102-111. 2015.With neurons emergence, life alters itself in a remarkable way. This embodied neurons become carriers of signals, and processing devices: it begins an inexorable progression of functional complexity, from increasingly drawn behaviors to the mind and eventually to consciousness [Damasio, 2010]. In which moment has awareness arisen in the history of life? The emergence of human consciousness is associated with evolutionary developments in brain, behavior and mind, which ultimately lead to the crea…Read more
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757Proof phenomenon as a function of the phenomenology of provingProgress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology 119 360-367. 2015.Kurt Gödel wrote (1964, p. 272), after he had read Husserl, that the notion of objectivity raises a question: “the question of the objective existence of the objects of mathematical intuition (which, incidentally, is an exact replica of the question of the objective existence of the outer world)”. This “exact replica” brings to mind the close analogy Husserl saw between our intuition of essences in Wesensschau and of physical objects in perception. What is it like to experience a mathematical pr…Read more
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King's College LondonInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN)Masters student (Part-time)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Mind |
Philosophy of Cognitive Science |
Philosophy of Neuroscience |
Philosophy of Psychology |