dr. Urban Kordeš
Redni profesor za področje kognitivne znanosti / Professor of Cognitive Science

Predstojnik | Head of

 Center za kognitivno znanost UL PEF/  Center for cognitive science UL PEF

 Observatorij – Laboratorij za empirično fenomenologijo /  Observatory – Laboratory for empirical phenomenology

 Skupni interdisciplinarni študijski program druge stopnje Kognitivna znanost /   The Middle European Interdisciplinary Master Programme in Cognitive Science (MEi:CogSci)

Kabinet / Room: Vegova 4 ( glej zemljevid |   see map)

(naslov za pošto: Kardeljeva ploščad 16
mail address: Kardeljeva ploščad 16)

E-naslov / e-mail: Urban.Kordes (at) pef.uni-lj.si

URBAN KORDEŠ is professor of cognitive science and first-person research at the University of Ljubljana where he is currently serving as head of the cognitive science program. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematical physics and doctorate in philosophy of cognitive science. His research interests include in-depth empirical phenomenological research, neurophenomenology, second-order cybernetics, collaborative knowledge creation, as well as epistemic and methodological issues in the research of non-trivial systems.

Urban believes that training in the skill of introspection and subsequent first-person reporting should become one of the essential cognitive science research tools. He is leading the research team, nicknamed » the Observatory«, aiming at the systematic practice and critical examination of reflection.

His methodological efforts are focused to the systems where the approximation of the independent observer is impossible – the act of observation intrinsically determines the results. There are at least two distinct areas of research that fit such description: examination of lived experience and quantum mechanics. Urban believes that the two areas could (to some degree) share methodological and epistemological insights.

Selected publications:

• The broad idea of his research agenda is described in his 2016 paper »Going Beyond Theory – Constructivism and Empirical Phenomenology« ( http://www.univie.ac.at/constructivism/journal/11/2/375.kordes)

• The idea of application of quantum mechanic attitude towards measurement within first-person research: A Better Metaphor for Understanding Consciousness? (  https://www.indecs.eu/2015/indecs2015-pp525-533.pdf)

• Description of the second-person in-depth research technique, developed by Urban's research team: Second-Person In-Depth Phenomenological Inquiry As An Approach For Studying Enaction Of Beliefs (   https://www.indecs.eu/2016/indecs2016-pp369-377.pdf )

• Mindfulness and cognitive science (with Olga Markič): Parallels between Mindfulness and First-person Research into Consciousness ( http://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/6365)

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