LIFE AND MIND. TWO SIDES OF THHE SAME?

The aim of this paper is to discuss possible connections between the categories of mind and life. Some authors argue that life and mind are closely connected or even are two sides of the same phenomenon. I analyze and examine this thesis in the light of different approaches to defining life: the met...

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Main Author: Krzysztof Chodasewicz
Format: Article
Language:Polish
Published: Polish Academy of Sciences 2019-11-01
Series:Filozofia i Nauka
Online Access:http://filozofiainauka.ifispan.waw.pl/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Chodasewicz_125.pdf
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spelling doaj-ed522bbcc5ec46eb91018b7e610e63552020-11-25T02:42:48ZpolPolish Academy of SciencesFilozofia i Nauka2300-47112545-19362019-11-0172125148LIFE AND MIND. TWO SIDES OF THHE SAME?Krzysztof Chodasewicz The aim of this paper is to discuss possible connections between the categories of mind and life. Some authors argue that life and mind are closely connected or even are two sides of the same phenomenon. I analyze and examine this thesis in the light of different approaches to defining life: the metabolic approach (which stresses the importance of self-maintenance and self-making) and the evolutionary approach (which focuses on evolution by natural selection). The first way of defining life is Maturana and Varela' conception of autopoiesis, the second is Korzeniewski's cybernetic definition of life and van Hateren's modified Darwinian definition of life. Especially interesting is the possibility of connecting mind and life in the evolutionary framework. The text does not provide exact results, but rather it proposes possible modes of thinking of the relation of these two categories. http://filozofiainauka.ifispan.waw.pl/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Chodasewicz_125.pdf
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description The aim of this paper is to discuss possible connections between the categories of mind and life. Some authors argue that life and mind are closely connected or even are two sides of the same phenomenon. I analyze and examine this thesis in the light of different approaches to defining life: the metabolic approach (which stresses the importance of self-maintenance and self-making) and the evolutionary approach (which focuses on evolution by natural selection). The first way of defining life is Maturana and Varela' conception of autopoiesis, the second is Korzeniewski's cybernetic definition of life and van Hateren's modified Darwinian definition of life. Especially interesting is the possibility of connecting mind and life in the evolutionary framework. The text does not provide exact results, but rather it proposes possible modes of thinking of the relation of these two categories.
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