Pluralist neurophenomenology: a reply to Lopes
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences September 1, 2025 Jeff Yoshimi 4 citations
A pluralist approach to neurophenomenology holds that multiple theoretical frameworks—symbolic, dynamical systems, connectionist, and others—are mutually compatible and can each illuminate different aspects of consciousness and its neural correlates. Historical and conceptual arguments show that these frameworks can inform and constrain one another in non-trivial ways, rather than being in competition. The response to a critique of using neural networks and dynamical systems theory in neurophenomenology illustrates this pluralism, arguing that each type of analysis is best suited to specific phenomena.