This paper reviews some current trends characterizing the specific perspective of
ethnomethodologically inspired conversation analysis on the situated organization of action …

This work addresses the autonomous organization of biological systems. It does so by
considering the boundaries of biological systems, from individual cells to Home sapiens, in …

Whether current or near-term AI systems could be conscious is a topic of scientific interest
and increasing public concern. This report argues for, and exemplifies, a rigorous and …

N. Katherine Hayles is known for breaking new ground at the intersection of the sciences
and the humanities. In Unthought, she once again bridges disciplines by revealing how we …

A new theory about the origins of consciousness that finds learning to be the driving force in
the evolutionary transition to basic consciousness. What marked the evolutionary transition …

An extended argument that cognitive phenomena—perceiving, imagining, remembering—
can be best explained in terms of an interface between contentless and content-involving …

The processes underwriting the acquisition of culture remain unclear. How are shared
habits, norms, and expectations learned and maintained with precision and reliability across …

How is it that thoroughly physical material beings such as ourselves can think, dream, feel,
create and understand ideas, theories and concepts? How does mere matter give rise to all …

Neoliberalism isn't working. Austerity is forcing millions into poverty and many more into
precarious work, while the left remains trapped in stagnant political practices that offer no …

This paper asks what translanguaging could start to look like if it incorporated an expanded
version of language and questioned not only to the borders between languages but also the …