One often assumes that we, rational human beings, first think and than act. This paper is an attempt to describe the mental characteristics governing the performance of regular everyday actions; and shows that no mental act has to precede our actions, instead of consciously thinking before we act, we mostly act while simultaneously overseeing our acting. The case of ball juggling is used to underpin the analysis with practical facts
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In this video, Professor Mark Solms introduces the notion of thinking which he defines as imagined o...
grantor: University of TorontoJohn B. Watson distinguished between the objective study of ...
How can we explain the intentional nature of an expert’s actions, performed without immediate and co...
How can we explain the intentional nature of an expert’s actions, performed without immediate and co...
We conceive of thinking as a process which occurs inside our heads and we assume some entity or orga...
In my dissertation I show that we cannot conceive of ourselves as embodied beings unless we know som...
We think less than we think. My thesis moves from this suspicion to show that standard accounts of i...
This study investigates whether the conscious awareness of action is based on predictive motor contr...
The subjective experience of conscious intention is a key component of our mental life. Philosophers...
From our everyday commuting to the gold medalist’s world-class performance, skillful actions are cha...
There has been a resurgence of interest lately within philosophy of mind and action in th...
The title of this chapter is deliberately provocative. Intuitively, many will be inclined to see con...
Contemporary cognitive science challenges the idea about the human brain as a kind of computor. Inst...
The paper addresses the question of how to approach consciousness in unreflective actions. Unreflect...
Thinking is overrated: golfers perform best when distracted and under pressure; firefighters make th...
In this video, Professor Mark Solms introduces the notion of thinking which he defines as imagined o...
grantor: University of TorontoJohn B. Watson distinguished between the objective study of ...
How can we explain the intentional nature of an expert’s actions, performed without immediate and co...
How can we explain the intentional nature of an expert’s actions, performed without immediate and co...
We conceive of thinking as a process which occurs inside our heads and we assume some entity or orga...
In my dissertation I show that we cannot conceive of ourselves as embodied beings unless we know som...
We think less than we think. My thesis moves from this suspicion to show that standard accounts of i...
This study investigates whether the conscious awareness of action is based on predictive motor contr...
The subjective experience of conscious intention is a key component of our mental life. Philosophers...
From our everyday commuting to the gold medalist’s world-class performance, skillful actions are cha...
There has been a resurgence of interest lately within philosophy of mind and action in th...
The title of this chapter is deliberately provocative. Intuitively, many will be inclined to see con...
Contemporary cognitive science challenges the idea about the human brain as a kind of computor. Inst...
The paper addresses the question of how to approach consciousness in unreflective actions. Unreflect...
Thinking is overrated: golfers perform best when distracted and under pressure; firefighters make th...
In this video, Professor Mark Solms introduces the notion of thinking which he defines as imagined o...