The Embodied Mind

Key Insight 1: Cognitive Science's Foundational Circularity

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Key Insight 2: The "Self" is an Elusive Construct

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Key Insight 3: Emergence: Cognition from Self-Organizing Networks

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Key Insight 4: Enaction: Cognition as Embodied Action

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Key Insight 5: Evolution as Natural Drift, Not Optimal Adaptation

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Key Insight 6: The Cartesian Anxiety: Our Craving for Foundations

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Key Insight 7: Madhyamaka's Middle Way: Embracing Groundlessness

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Key Insight 8: The Two Truths: Conventional Reality and Emptiness

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Key Insight 9: Ethics of Compassion in a Groundless World

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Key Insight 10: Planetary Thinking for a Transformed Future

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