S-038
Intersubjective Consciousness in Dialogue with Neuroscience: Towards a Systemic Materialist Philosophy
santiago contreras1
  1. universidad nacional de quilmes
Presenting Author:
santiago contreras
santiagocontrerasnmg@gmail.com
Contemporary neuroscience has tended toward mechanistic and reductionist approaches to exploring the neural correlates of cognition. While productive in certain areas, these approaches fragment and simplify the richness of lived experience, particularly its intersubjective and qualitative dimensions. This work proposes a systemic materialist philosophy as an interpretative framework that articulates multiple levels of reality and integrates material facticity with conscious experience, without diminishing or impoverishing it. The Examination of Autistic Intersubjective Experiences (EAIE), a qualitative scale developed by Valeria Bizzari (KU Leuven) and Heidelberg University Hospital, is employed to capture the complexity of autistic intersubjectivity and situate the phenomenological study within its social context. Far from offering closed answers, this approach fosters a dialogue between philosophy and neuroscience, where intersubjective consciousness emerges as a phenomenon that is simultaneously material and experiential. In this way, autistic identity is explored with rigor and openness, respecting complexity and avoiding any pathologizing framework.