Author Archives: Tom Froese

About Tom Froese

The focus of my Ph.D. is the study of social cognition by using an evolutionary robotics methodology. The context of this research is a systemic approach to life and cognition that is strongly inspired by the autopoietic tradition developed by Maturana, Varela and colleagues. I’m also very much interested in the constructivist epistemology entailed by this perspective, as well as its relationship to first-person approaches to the study of consciousness, in particular as it is proposed by enactive cognitive science.

An open response

Posted on June 21, 2008 by Tom Froese

Having just read through the transcript of the closing session, which nicely captures the inspiring atmosphere of this year’s Ratna Ling, I would like to take this opportunity to post an open response to all the participants: This response is … Continue reading →

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Tom Froese

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Tom Froese

I joined the CCNR, the Center for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics, at the University of Sussex as a new part-time D.Phil. student in October 2004 and switched to full-time study in October 2007. Before that I spent four years in … Continue reading →

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Tom Froese

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Tom Froese

Toward a Phenomenological Pragmatics of Enactive Perception Tom Froese and Adam Spiers Abstract. The enactive approach to perception is generating an extensive amount of interest and debate in the cognitive sciences. One particularly contentious issue has been how best to … Continue reading →

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