Laura Mojica

2 papers in the library · 18 citations · publishing 2021-2022

Papers

The enactive naturalization of normativity: from self-maintenance to situated interactions.

History and philosophy of the life sciences December 2, 2021 Laura Mojica 11 citations

Autopoietic enactivism grounds normativity in the self-maintenance of living agents, but this view struggles to explain how agents can act on non-individual norms or form genuinely social interactions. The author proposes an alternative: distinguish between an agent's own normative point of view and external normative criteria. A normative interaction arises from an individual's perspective, as defined by autopoietic enactivism, but is evaluated by a self-maintaining system that may be separate from the agent. This separation resolves the challenge and helps explain the situated, relational character of agency.

DOI: 10.1007/s40656-021-00479-3 Full text External normative criteria Self-maintenance Situated relational normativity

Sense of Agency, Affectivity and Social-Ecological Degradation: An Enactive and Phenomenological Approach.

Front Psychol July 7, 2022 Jesús M. Siqueiros-García, David Manuel-Navarrete, Hallie Eakin et al. 7 citations

Environmental degradation in the Xochimilco urban wetland near Mexico City is causing farmers to experience despair, helplessness, frustration, anxiety, and stress. Drawing on phenomenology, enactivism, and ecological psychology, the authors argue that the loss of traditional farming-based ways of life limits meaningful interaction with others and the environment, reducing farmers' sense of agency. This negative interplay between ecological decline, affective states, and diminished agency can create a downward spiral of vulnerability, including political vulnerability.

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.911092 Full text