The Body Thinks for Itself with Sigríður (Sigga) Þorgeirsdóttir on The Living Process with Greg Madison

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In this episode, Dr Greg Madison talks with Sigríður (Sigga) Þorgeirsdóttir about embodied reflection, critical thinking, and the impact of artificial intelligence on human thought processes.

Episode 41 of The Living Process, with guest Sigríður (Sigga) Þorgeirsdóttir THE BODY THINKS FOR ITSELF. In this episode I enjoyed talking with Sigga, who is a professor of philosophy at The University of Iceland and one of the founders of the Embodied Critical Thinking and Freedom to Make Sense projects. In our conversation, Sigga and I touch on what it’s like to teach embodied reflection to philosophy students, the importance of critical thinking, and the prevalence of the inner critic in academia in the form of ‘the imposter syndrome’. We also discuss various aspects of Artificial Intelligence and our experiences of using it, comparing it to human thinking and processing. The Body Thinks for Itself. Episode 41 with Sigridur Thorgeirsdottir (Sigga): https://youtu.be/DzR3oV-8YTE?si=ung8YLPycoa-NUft The Living Process - all episodes and podcast links: https://www.londonfocusing.com/the-living-process/ TLP YouTube video channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC0TgN6iVu3n9d9q2l43z1xBMYY3p9FQL Sigridur Thorgeirsdottir (Sigga) Sigga studied philosophy in Boston and Berlin and has worked at various universities, specialising in the philosophy of embodiment, feminist, and…

People in this episode

Host: Dr Greg Madison

Guest: Sigríður (Sigga) Þorgeirsdóttir

Topics covered

• embodied reflection
• critical thinking
• imposter syndrome
• artificial intelligence
• philosophy of embodiment

Keywords

• embodied reflection
• critical thinking
• imposter syndrome
• artificial intelligence
• philosophy
• education
• self improvement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The University of Iceland, Embodied Critical Thinking and Freedom to Make Sense, United Nations University GEST-Programme, Nordic Gender and Philosophy

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