“If we are to understand consciousness—the fact that we think and feel and that a world shows up for us—we need to turn our backs on the orthodox assumption that consciousness is something that happens inside us, like digestion. It… — Alva Noë Copy Share Image
The world shows up for us, but it doesn't show up for free. We must show up, too, and bring along what knowledge and… — Alva Noe Copy Share Image
Perception is not something that happens to us, or in us. It is something we do. — Alva Noe Copy Share Image
“We are out of our heads. We are in the world and of it. We are patterns of active engagement with fluid boundaries and… — Alva Noë Copy Share Image
Science is conservative and one of the reasons science is conservative is science is trying to play it safe. — Alva Noe Copy Share Image
Consciousness is the fact that we think and feel and that a world, the world shows up for us. — Alva Noe Copy Share Image
If you let other people do some of the work that we ask ourselves to do, if you allow for the fact that we… — Alva Noe Copy Share Image
One reason I'm not worried about the possibility that we will soon make machines that are smarter than us, is that we haven't managed… — Alva Noe Copy Share Image
“Facts and values are entangled in science. It's not because scientists are biased, not because they are partial or influenced by other kinds of… — Alva Noë Copy Share Image
You're experiencing a bit of the world around you when you experience it's color. — Alva Noe Copy Share Image
Perceiving how things are is a mode of exploring how things appear. How they appear is, however, an aspect of how they are. To… — Alva Noe Copy Share Image
