Andersen, Holly (2013) The Representation of Time in Agency. [Preprint]

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This paper outlines some key issues that arise when agency and temporality are considered jointly, from the perspective of psychology, cognitive neuroscience, phenomenology, and action theory. I address the difference between time simpliciter and time as represented as it figures in phenomena like intentional binding, goal‐oriented action plans, emulation systems, and ‘temporal agency’. An examination of Husserl’s account of time consciousness highlights difficulties in generalizing his account to include a substantive notion of agency, a weakness inherited by explanatory projects like neurophenomenology. I conclude by sketching a project analogous to the projects in neurophenomenology, based on Thompson’s naïve action theory.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Andersen, Holly holly_andersen@sfu.ca
Keywords:	time; agency; representation; temporal consciousness; Husserl; Thompson; explanation
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science General Issues > Explanation Specific Sciences > Psychology
Depositing User:	Dr. Holly Andersen
Date Deposited:	13 Mar 2013 13:59
Last Modified:	13 Mar 2013 13:59
Item ID:	9623
Official URL:	http://philpapers.org/archive/ANDTRO-13.1.pdf
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science General Issues > Explanation Specific Sciences > Psychology
Date:	2013
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9623

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