The integration of neuroscience and philosophy is essential for understanding the complex phenomena of mind, empathy and social cognition. Even though the results of neuroscience have mostly been analysed from a Darwinian perspective, the mirror neuron system, after a first analytical approach, has been interpreted from a phenomenological viewpoint. The paper shows the incompatibility of the social-embodied cognition of the mirror system with phenomenology, which from the beginning has been critical of any empirical science and any form of naturalism. The intellectual structure of phenomenology makes the “transcendental I” a substitute for the old soul-substance, and intersubjectivity a meta-intersubjectivity. The alternative view proposed here is a Darwinian reading of the mirror system, centred on a social-emotional-embodied mind, rooted in the “Reason-Instinct” of Hume and the emotional revolution of James. Key words: Empathy, Mind, Neo-Darwinism, Neuron Mirror System, Social Cognition, Phenomenology.
Per comprendere la complessità dei fenomeni della mente, dell'empatia e della cognizione sociale è basilare oggi integrare neuroscienze e filosofia. Nonostante la lettura dei risultati neuroscientifici abbia prevalentemente seguito un'ottica darwiniana, la scoperta del mirror neuron system, dopo un primo approccio di tipo analitico, è stata interpretata finora in chiave fenomenologica. Il saggio mostra l'incompatibilità tra la social-embodied Cognition del sistema specchio e la fenomenologia che si caratterizza fin dall'inizio per la sua critica a ogni scienza empirica e a ogni forma di naturalismo. La struttura intellettualistica della fenomenologia rendono l'io trascendentale un surrogato della vecchia anima-sostanza e l'intersoggettività una meta-intersoggettività. Il saggio propone una lettura darwiniana del sistema specchio, incentrata su una "Social-Embodied-Emotional Mind", radicata nella ragione-istinto di Hume e nelle “emozioni in azioni” di James.
Empatia e cognizione sociale: una lettura darwiniana del "Mirror Neuron System" / Attanasio, Alessandra; Oliverio, A.. - In: PARADIGMI. - ISSN 1120-3404. - STAMPA. - XXX:nuova serie(2012), pp. 93-139.
Empatia e cognizione sociale: una lettura darwiniana del "Mirror Neuron System"
ATTANASIO, Alessandra;
2012
Abstract
The integration of neuroscience and philosophy is essential for understanding the complex phenomena of mind, empathy and social cognition. Even though the results of neuroscience have mostly been analysed from a Darwinian perspective, the mirror neuron system, after a first analytical approach, has been interpreted from a phenomenological viewpoint. The paper shows the incompatibility of the social-embodied cognition of the mirror system with phenomenology, which from the beginning has been critical of any empirical science and any form of naturalism. The intellectual structure of phenomenology makes the “transcendental I” a substitute for the old soul-substance, and intersubjectivity a meta-intersubjectivity. The alternative view proposed here is a Darwinian reading of the mirror system, centred on a social-emotional-embodied mind, rooted in the “Reason-Instinct” of Hume and the emotional revolution of James. Key words: Empathy, Mind, Neo-Darwinism, Neuron Mirror System, Social Cognition, Phenomenology.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
