Embodied Intelligence and the Phenomenology of Al

Title

Embodied Intelligence and the Phenomenology of Al

Creator

Anand, Saakshi

Description

The intersection of artificial intelligence (Al), embodied cognition, and phenome-nology represents one of the most profound and complex inquiries in contemporary philosophy of mind. This chapter explores the epistemological and ontological dimensions of embodied intelligence and its relationship to the phenomenology of consciousness, with a specific focus on qualia-the subjective, first-person qualities of experience. By bridging computational models of intelligence with phenomeno-logical analyses of perception and awareness, the chapter advances an integrative framework that challenges reductionist and purely mechanistic views of cognition. It argues that consciousness, rather than emerging from disembodied computation, is fundamentally rooted in embodied, context-dependent, and experiential struc-tures. Drawing from phenomenological thinkers such as Husserl, Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty, alongside contemporary Al paradigms including connectionism and enactivism. 2026 by IGI Global Scientific Publishing. All rights reserved.

Source

Philosophical Considerations of Computational Consciousness and Al Qualia;pp.247-284

Date

01-01-2026

Publisher

IGI Global

Coverage

Anand S., Christ University, Bangalore, India

Rights

Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library

Relation

ISBN: 979-833735532-0; 979-833735530-6;

Format

online

Language

English

Type

Book chapter

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3373-5530-6.ch008

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