{"id":16630,"date":"2024-08-02T16:50:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T14:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fhse-en\/?post_type=core-researches&p=16630"},"modified":"2025-10-06T11:53:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T09:53:16","slug":"from-biological-to-cognitive-autonomy-an-enactive-approach-to-hegels-philosophy-of-mind","status":"publish","type":"core-researches","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fhse-en\/core-researches\/from-biological-to-cognitive-autonomy-an-enactive-approach-to-hegels-philosophy-of-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"AUTONOMY – From Biological to Cognitive Autonomy: An Enactive Approach to Hegel’s Philosophy of Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":16632,"template":"","meta":{"featured_image_focal_point":[],"show_featured_caption":false,"ulux_newsletter_groups":"","uluxPostTitle":"","uluxPrePostTitle":"","_trash_the_other_posts":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"rp_acronym":"AUTONOMY","rp_abstract":"The project proposes a contemporary interpretation of Hegel\u2019s philosophy of subjective spirit, which in present-day parlance could be defined as his philosophy of mind. The cornerstone of this interpretation is the notion of \u2018autonomy.\u2019 From a Kantian perspective, widely shared in contemporary philosophical circles, autonomy is understood as a feature restricted to human agency. Hegel attempted to naturalize autonomy by emphasizing the intrinsically purposive, or \u2018agential,\u2019 nature of living organisms. \n\nAlong these lines, AUTONOMY develops a consistent philosophical alternative to the two forms of \u2018naturalism\u2019 that currently dominate our philosophical landscape: \u2018scientific\u2019 and \u2018liberal\u2019 naturalism. 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