The Portable Laboratory: a situated translation
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Francisco Varela, subjective experience, first-person methodologiesAbstract
The possibility of obtaining objective access to subjective experience has been a topic of great interest in philosophy, psychology, neuroscience and other areas that undertake the investigation of the nature of subjective experience. In addition to third-person methodologies, traditional to the scientific method, there is a wide debate about the role of first-person methodologies with regard to their possibilities of providing knowledge capable of informing cognitive sciences. In this context, The Portable Laboratory, Francisco Varela's participatory artistic work, can be considered an interdisciplinary landmark that offers visibility to three possible paths of investigation of first-person subjective experience: introspectionism, phenomenology and contemplative traditions. In this text, (1) we present a portuguese translation of his artistic work, and (2) we offer a historical and theoretical contextualization of its content.
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