Dialogue as the Test Laboratory of Integration
From The One in the Many by Arshak Benlian
April 5, 2026 · 35 min · Season 5 · Episode 30
About this episode
The episode discusses how cognition is a structured process that aligns individuals with the relational order of existence, integrating various scientific perspectives.
Your mind is not a passive receiver of sensations, and it is not a reality-free storyteller either. We argue for a third option that modern cognitive science keeps rediscovering: cognition is a structured, iterative process that progressively aligns a person with the relational order of existence. That single idea links ecological psychology, predictive processing neuroscience, and an integration-based view of knowledge into one practical model of how perception becomes understanding. We sta...
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Host: Arshak Benlian
Topics covered
- cognition
- ecological psychology
- predictive processing
- integration
- perception
- understanding
Keywords
- cognition
- ecological psychology
- predictive processing
- integration
- perception
- understanding
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