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SUMMARY:Embodied and situated moods - Giovanna Colombetti (University of E
 xeter)
DTSTART:20161110T153000Z
DTEND:20161110T170000Z
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CONTACT:Marta Halina
DESCRIPTION:There is a certain tendency\, among affective neuroscientists\
 , to present the brain as the physical basis\, or 'core machinery'\, of mo
 ods (sometimes even to claim that moods are 'in the brain'). In my talk I 
 will criticise this brain-centric view of moods. Empirical evidence shows 
 that brain activity not only modulates\, but is in turn continuously modul
 ated by\, physical activity taking place in other parts of the organism (s
 uch as the endocrine and the immune system). It is therefore not clear why
  the core machinery of moods ought to be restricted to the brain. I propos
 e\, accordingly\, that moods are best conceived as embodied rather than ju
 st 'embrained'\, i.e.\, their physical basis should be enlarged so as to c
 omprise not just brain but also bodily activity. Second\, I emphasise that
  moods are situated in the world. By this I do not just mean that moods ar
 e influenced by the world (an uncontroversial claim)\, but that they are c
 omplexly interrelated with it\, in at least three different ways: i) they 
 are shaped by cultural values and norms\, ii) they are materially and inte
 rsubjectively 'scaffolded'\, and iii) they can even come to 'experientiall
 y incorporate' parts of the world\, i.e.\, include the experience of parts
  of the world as parts of oneself.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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