Juan Toro
PhD Student
Department of Media, Cognition and Communication
Karen Blixens Plads 8, Building: 16-1-42
2300 København S
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Primary research areas:
- Phenomenology (mainly Husserl and Merleau-Ponty)
- Philosophy of cognitive science
- Embodied cognitive science
My PhD project is focused on embodiment and sociality from a phenomenological point of view, and I aim at integrating empirical and theoretical approaches to better understand the social aspects of cerebral palsy. My starting points are the developments of Husserl and Merleau-Ponty, and embodied cognitive science.
Part of my research takes place in collaboration with the Helene Elsass Center, in Copenhagen.
Supervisor: Dan Zahavi
Co-Supervisor: Kristian Martiny
Project start date: February 1st 2017
Current research
I am currently investigating on the possibility to enrich the theory of affordances through a phenomenological account of embodiment and sociality. For a more detailed description, please see my post in the blog of the Center for Subjectivity Research at http://cfs.ophen.org/2017/11/02/juan-toro-embodiment-theory-affordances/
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