A Neurophenomenology of Awe and Wonder [electronic resource] : Towards a Non-Reductionist Cognitive Science /
Gallagher, Shaun.author.
Janz, Bruce.author.
Reinerman, Lauren.author.
Trempler, Jörg.author.
Bockelman, Patricia.author.
This book presents a study of the various feelings of awe and wonder experienced by astronauts during space flight. It summarizes the results of two experimental, interdisciplinary studies that employ methods from neuroscience, psychology, phenomenology and simulation technology, and it argues for a non-reductionist approach to cognitive science.
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Cover ; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1 Liftoff: Towards an Exploration of Subjective Experience; Part I Studying Awe and Wonder; 2 Hermeneutical Explorations; 3 Awe and Wonder in a Simulated Space Flight: Experiment 1; 4 Neurophenomenology and Simulation: Philosophical Ground Control and a Sharpening of Our Tools; 5 Redesigning Plato's Cave: Experiment 2; Part II Insights and Extensions; 6 The Phenomenology of Unprecedented Experience: Ontological and Cognitive Wonder
7 Imaging and Imagining Space: How Popular Culture Shapes Our Expectations of Outer Space8 The Very Idea of Non-Reductionist Science; Appendix: The Experiment-Specific Survey of Experience (ESSE); References; Index; Plates
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book presents a study of the various feelings of awe and wonder experienced by astronauts during space flight. It summarizes the results of two experimental, interdisciplinary studies that employ methods from neuroscience, psychology, phenomenology and simulation technology, and it argues for a non-reductionist approach to cognitive science.
Philosophy of mind.
Philosophy.
Astrophysics.
Hermeneutics.
Phenomenology .
Space sciences.
Philosophy of Mind.
History of Philosophy.
Astrophysics and Astroparticles.
Hermeneutics.
Phenomenology.
Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).