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Research Projects
The Cognitive Foundations of the Self
These are exciting times in what the studies regarding the notion of the ‘Self’ are concerned. Nevertheless, the transdisplinary approach (phenomenology, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry, psychoanalysis) comes with a cost: a taxonomical confusion and fragmentation inherent to the proliferation of such distinct methodological approaches. Philosophy, given its general, far reaching, synoptic and conceptual approach, is specially suited to overcome this unfortunate scenario by providing conceptual clarification that facilitates the establishment of links between disciplines. This is the aim of the current research proposal: to adopt a general methodology suited to solve the problem of the conceptual fragmentation of the notion of ‘Self’.
Principal Investigator
Researchers
Alexander Gerner
Inês Hipólito
Klaus Gärtner
Vera Pereira
Inês Hipólito
Klaus Gärtner
Vera Pereira
Funding Agency
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
Reference
PTDC/FIL-FCI/110978/2009
Start Date
01/02/2011
End Date
28/02/2014
Budget
55 296,00 €