Essays about: "Qualia"

Found 5 essays containing the word Qualia.

  1. 1. ANIMAL QUALIA AND NON-ANTHROPOCENTRIC NARRATION IN BARBARA GOWDY’S THE WHITE BONE : PROBLEMATIZING NONHUMAN EXPERIENTIALITY THROUGH ENVISIONMENTS IN THE EFL CLASSROOM

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Niklas Erlandsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Cognition; multimodality; cognitive ecocriticism; synaesthesia; cross-modality; sensorial aesthetics; phenomenology; immersion; animal subjectivity; animal sentience; animal alterity; extended mind theory; social mind; upper secondary school; high school; EFL context.;

    Abstract : This thesis examines nonhuman phenomenological experiences, communication, and sensory perception in Barbara Gowdy’s The White Bone. Drawing on literary and pedagogical theories by Roman Bartosch, Monika Fludernik, Marco Caracciolo, David Herman, and Judith Langer, the thesis argues that Gowdy’s novel employs narrative strategies and devices that involve nonhuman experientiality evoked from sensorial configurations, narration, and textual cognitive and embodied experiences. READ MORE

  3. 2. Objectiles in flux : the oscillation of interior elements through superimpositioning

    University essay from Konstfack/Inredningsarkitektur & Möbeldesign

    Author : Daniel Reinius; [2018]
    Keywords : Objectiles; Memory; Colour; Deleuze;

    Abstract : An experience is always in a state of becoming as you through movement and memory, perceptions and qualia assemble it into its virtual construct. Ackording to philosopher and architecture theorist Bernard Cache who dwells on Henri Bergsonsnotion of perception & memory. READ MORE

  4. 3. Qualia and Evolution : What are the arguments for or against the existence of qualia according to evolution?

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Vincent Petras; [2016]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The first chapter will elucidate the overall subject of qualia and the evolution of consciousness, and provide current information as of this writing – as well as some key terms that better be clarified than left in obscurity. From there, arguments of both sides, the non-physical and physical status about the existence of qualia and its connection with consciousness will be examined in the following chapter. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Semantic Structure of the Noun "Dog" : Qualia structure and how it works

    University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

    Author : Giacomo Palma; [2011]
    Keywords : qualia strucutre; noun; adjectives; corpus; dog; semantic structure; substructures; quale;

    Abstract : This essay studies the semantic structure of the noun dog with the help of qualia structure and adjectives that collocate with the noun. It also evaluates the idea of qualia structure and how well it works in studying the semantic structure of nouns. READ MORE

  6. 5. A Colorful Report: Color Associations in Synesthesia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitionsvetenskap

    Author : Wang Chak Chan; [2008]
    Keywords : Synesthesia synaesthesia; Grapheme-color; Sound-color; Visual system; Color constancy; Lightness constancy; Qualia; Neurology; neuropsychology; neurophysiology; Neurologi; neuropsykologi; neurofysiologi; Psychology; Psykologi; Medicine and Health Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In recent years, academic research on synesthesia, a curious neurological condition, has gained popularity again. Most studies are focusing on its biological evidences, common characteristics and general trends over a population. READ MORE