phd thesis
(project description)
It is now widely acknowledged that technical tools actively shape human cognition and perception. Drawing on the extended mind hypothesis (clark & chalmers 1998; gallagher 2005; menary 2010), according to which the mind extends beyond the boundaries of the brain into its artifactually structured environment, this thesis argues that temporal consciousness itself can be coconstituted by immersive technologies. Rather than merely modifying experience, these devices participate in its constitution by reorganizing lived temporality, thereby opening the way toward a renewed conception of perception and subjectivity.
Temporal consciousness constitutes the condition for the coherence of all experience. Husserl (1905) shows that itrests on the articulation between primal impression, retention, and protention, forming the “living present” that distinguishes lived time from objective time. Contemporary approaches have extended this analysis by emphasizing the constitutive role of technical mediations. Clark and chalmers (1998), stiegler (1994), and ihde (1990) demonstrate that cognition relies on external artifacts, while the notion of “tertiary retention” describes the technical exteriorization of memory. These perspectives extend the analyses of merleau-ponty (1945, 1964) and gibson (1979), according to which perception and action emerge from a dynamic organism-environment coupling, a framework further developed within 4e cognition approaches.
Recent research on virtual reality (baggs et al. 2024; bandi 2023; bilchi 2023; sykes 2023) indicates that immersive environments profoundly transform bodily and temporal experience by establishing continuous sensorimotor coupling through the synchronization of action and perception (thanks to minimal latency, motion tracking, haptic feedback etc). A question nevertheless remains insufficiently explored: can these technologies coconstitute the temporal flow of consciousness rather than merely influence it? This thesis argues that immersive environments reconfigure lived temporality by participating in the genesis of perceptual and cognitive structures. To analyze this coupling, i draw on enactivism alongside an externalist reading of predictive processing, understood as a continuous process of anticipation and adjustment between expectations and sensory flows.
Methodologically, the research adopts a theoretical and comparative approach bringing phenomenology into dialogue with cognitive science and philosophy of technology.
the coconstitution of temporal consciousness in immersive environments: a phenomenological approach to extended mind and predictive processing (ongoing phd research), université de montréal
monographs
techno-animism and the aesthetics of coexistence in the fashion of japanese brand anrealage (master’s thesis). são paulo: university of são paulo, 2022
journal articles
the indissociability between literature and society in ‘patriotism’ (1961) by mishima yukio”. in estudos japoneses, no. 39, july 2018, pp. 93-107 | w. alfeu sparemberger
minotaur vs. godzilla: greco-japanese syncretism in ‘the only happy ending for a love story is an accident’, by joão paulo cuenca. in revista olho d’água, v. 10, p. 79-91, 2018 | w. joão luis pereira ourique
the interface between fashion and literature in balzac’s novel ‘le colonel chabert’. in lettres françaises (unesp araraquara), v. 18, p. 247-261, 2017 | w. maristela gonçalves sousa machado
book chapters
japanese fashion subcultures as an act of resistance, p. 361-385. in ecos de catástrofes by atílio avancini, madalena hashimoto cordaro, and michiko okano. são paulo: geaa, 2023
translations
uma nova maneira de apreender ma (aida) [original by gōzō yoshimasu, translated by rafael hett]. in: conceitos estéticos: do transtemporal ao espacial na arte japonesa by atílio avancini, madalena hashimoto cordaro, and michiko okano. são paulo: universidade federal de são paulo, 2021