First time saw this man. Think he was astonishing. Yet so simple. What strokes me is that how the purest and greatest people and professionals mostly comes from the simplest , even poorest environment. But this simple ground of a family, caring and responsibility brings brilliant fruits. Simple wordly ground. This to me is Blessing of Life.
I can’t believe i had the chance to get my Neuroscience Ph.D more than a decade ago in HIS last lab in Paris, the might LENA. My former team published his last paper on consciousness and his « brain web » after his death in 2002…. Im still reading it today, and still trying to figure it out… the enaction is an idea way ahead of his time. During my 2nd year of master, i had to write a whole bibliographical paper on this question (asked by Dr. Patrick Cavanagh, another great mind I had the chance to know in real as a teacher and a little bit as a colleague): does the Alien Hand Syndrome confirm the Sensory-motor theory of consciousness? This is the Kevin O’reagan’s theory (also a super star i almost did my Ph.D with but he told me honestly that he wouldn’t have enough time that i would from him as he was writing a book), based on Varela’s (and let’s not forget Maturana) Enaction on Consciousness… i got the 2nd best grade (with my ex gf) but…im not sure i fully understood what I wrote… i have to look for this paper, which is only…on paper. Varela… genius
After watching it many times, my favourite thing about this interview is around 10:30 when he talks about human colour vision and says it is “completely identical across all human beings cross-culturally”, and concedes that the better comparison of this “multiversality” concept in the domain of vision is between humans and other species (his example being birds). Yet, we get these interesting phenomena, like the case of “The dress” in 2015, that show us there can be surprising differences in human colour perception. So, his theory about “multiversality” holds even stronger than he thought in this video.
Tristan Dry As Professor Varela says in the interview, putting your attention and energy on any of the traditions that has understand this insight. Btw he was a well known Buddhist meditator so you can start your journey there.
At page 217, first of the 10th chapter from the book Embodied Mind (1991; Varela, Thompson and Rosch), we have some clues about this subject: "Our journey has now brought us to the point where we can appreciate that what we took to be solid ground is really more like shifting sand beneath our feet. We began with our common sense as cognitive scientists and found that our cognition emerges from the background of a world that extends beyond us but that cannot be found apart from our embodiment. When we shifted our attention away from this fundamental circularity to follow the movement of cognition alone, we found that we could discern no subjective ground, no permanent and abiding ego-self. When we tried to find the objective ground that we thought must still be present, we found a world enacted by our history of structural coupling. Finally, we saw that these various forms of groundlessness are really one: organism and environment enfold into each other and unfold from one another in the fundamental circularity that is life itself". PS. Indeed, this whole chapter aims to the groundlessness of experience and to answer precisely your question!
What goes with mind? Brain-And, what do you mean embodied? This classic book, first published in 1991 was one of the first to propose the embodied cognition, approach in cognitive science. As if, a mind reading science, the brain is our main component you dilly your fingers and toes because your brain is commanding you too, but what can you cure, not logic. How bout neon's & repeating yourself? Thank you...Lisa
Absolutely beautiful
First time saw this man. Think he was astonishing. Yet so simple.
What strokes me is that how the purest and greatest people and professionals mostly comes from the simplest , even poorest environment. But this simple ground of a family, caring and responsibility brings brilliant fruits. Simple wordly ground. This to me is Blessing of Life.
this is why i love the internet :) thanks for posting this interview!
The Old Greeks simplified the world by inventing the concept of OBJECT when the key idea is the RELATIONSHIP.
Wonderful, thank you.
He is brilliant
Thank you for posting it. Varela never mentioned religion, he spoke of spirituality which is different from religion.
I can’t believe i had the chance to get my Neuroscience Ph.D more than a decade ago in HIS last lab in Paris, the might LENA. My former team published his last paper on consciousness and his « brain web » after his death in 2002…. Im still reading it today, and still trying to figure it out… the enaction is an idea way ahead of his time. During my 2nd year of master, i had to write a whole bibliographical paper on this question (asked by Dr. Patrick Cavanagh, another great mind I had the chance to know in real as a teacher and a little bit as a colleague): does the Alien Hand Syndrome confirm the Sensory-motor theory of consciousness?
This is the Kevin O’reagan’s theory (also a super star i almost did my Ph.D with but he told me honestly that he wouldn’t have enough time that i would from him as he was writing a book), based on Varela’s (and let’s not forget Maturana) Enaction on Consciousness… i got the 2nd best grade (with my ex gf) but…im not sure i fully understood what I wrote… i have to look for this paper, which is only…on paper.
Varela… genius
Terrific!! The Biggest Varela
Thank-you
Excellent. Revealing. Clarifying.
Does anyone know if the full version of this interview is available? I would /really/ like to hear more of his thoughts about Heidegger. Thanks again!
Salute. Deo Gratias.
LOVE is the ultimate relationship between TWO people.
what is love?
please add Russian subtitles and thanks for downloading!
great
Sublime
very interesting!
...thank you ... will help me for my book on media philosophy...network philosophy..
Is this the full interview? Thanks a lot for uploading this!
After watching it many times, my favourite thing about this interview is around 10:30 when he talks about human colour vision and says it is “completely identical across all human beings cross-culturally”, and concedes that the better comparison of this “multiversality” concept in the domain of vision is between humans and other species (his example being birds).
Yet, we get these interesting phenomena, like the case of “The dress” in 2015, that show us there can be surprising differences in human colour perception. So, his theory about “multiversality” holds even stronger than he thought in this video.
Hi
Does language now belong to GOOGLE?
How does one grow into "the groundless nature of human reality"?
Tristan Dry As Professor Varela says in the interview, putting your attention and energy on any of the traditions that has understand this insight. Btw he was a well known Buddhist meditator so you can start your journey there.
Through connection to God, it is the prayers and meditation rituals in the religions, basically gradual alignment with our divine nature.
By finding a practice that can teach you how to embody that ultimate groundless human reality as much as possible, .......I would say.
At page 217, first of the 10th chapter from the book Embodied Mind (1991; Varela, Thompson and Rosch), we have some clues about this subject:
"Our journey has now brought us to the point where we can appreciate
that what we took to be solid ground is really more like shifting sand
beneath our feet. We began with our common sense as cognitive
scientists and found that our cognition emerges from the background
of a world that extends beyond us but that cannot be found apart
from our embodiment. When we shifted our attention away from this
fundamental circularity to follow the movement of cognition alone,
we found that we could discern no subjective ground, no permanent
and abiding ego-self. When we tried to find the objective ground that
we thought must still be present, we found a world enacted by our
history of structural coupling. Finally, we saw that these various
forms of groundlessness are really one: organism and environment
enfold into each other and unfold from one another in the fundamental
circularity that is life itself".
PS. Indeed, this whole chapter aims to the groundlessness of experience and to answer precisely your question!
By letting go and being one's self and doing what needs to be done.
3:40 Encuentro con maturana
I see Minsky society of mind on the table
What goes with mind? Brain-And, what do you mean embodied? This classic book, first published in 1991 was one of the first to propose the embodied cognition, approach in cognitive science. As if, a mind reading science, the brain is our main component you dilly your fingers and toes because your brain is commanding you too, but what can you cure, not logic. How bout neon's & repeating yourself? Thank you...Lisa
Transcendence
:)