Noë Alva

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The Explanation of Behaviour was the first book written by the renowned philosopher Charles Taylor. A vitally important work of philosophical anthropology, it is a devastating criticism of the theory of behaviourism, a powerful explanatory approach in psychology and philosophy w…

The world shows up for us, but, as Alva Noë contends in his latest exploration of the problem of consciousness, it doesn't show up for free. We must show up, too, and bring along what knowledge and skills we've cultivated. As with a painting in a gallery, the world has no meanin…

Argues that the world has no meaning without engagement, both universal and personal, and that perceptual presence and thought presence are both varieties of exploration through which one achieves contact with the world.