Volume 14 · Number 1 · Pages 56–58
Dialectics in Neurophenomenology? Yes, but of a Merleau-Pontian, not Hegelian Variety

Sebastjan Vörös

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Abstract

Open peer commentary on the article “Neurodialectics: A Proposal for Philosophy of Cognitive and Social Sciences” by Nicolas Zaslawski. Abstract: I examine Zaslawski’s proposal for a dialectical (re)construal of neurophenomenology. While generally sympathetic to his approach, I argue that, instead of reverting to Hegel’s “dialectics of ideas,” a more suitable candidate for the job would be Merleau-Ponty’s “dialectics of existence.”

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Vörös S. (2018) Dialectics in neurophenomenology? Yes, but of a Merleau-Pontian, not Hegelian variety. Constructivist Foundations 14(1): 56–58. http://constructivist.info/14/1/056

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