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Jo Haire: Abstract Concepts and Interoception

Abstract I will argue that the meaning of abstract concepts arises from allostatic processes which regulate physiological systems, in which affect is a necessary constituent. This view adopts a Bayesian probabilistic model of cognition which conceives of the brain as a prediction machine that models the body's anticipated needs before they occur, to minimize the free energy within the system (Friston, 2010). This internal model represents the most likely causes of changes in internal affective states as concepts that categorize these sensations (Barrett, 2017), for these to become meaningful to us. For example, emotion concepts such as ‘happiness’ or ‘sadness’ are predictions, constructed from cognitive appraisals of the body’s expected internal affective states, generated as the brain models the impact the external world has on our internal states. Using Barrett’s (2017) Theory of Constructed Emotion, I argue that such conceptualisation requires allostasis – a biological form of causal inference – in which the internal perception and representation of affect is known as interoception. This embodied view of conceptualisation is a controversial within cognitive science, as concepts are conventionally held to be represented only by linguistic symbols. Jo Haire - Bio I am studying MA Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London, where I am researching the embodied nature of concept formation in children's learning. I am also a Specialist Philosophy Teacher with The Philosophy Foundation, an educational charity. I facilitate philosophical discussions with students of all ages which introduces them to the power and wonder of ideas and supports their learning across the curriculum. I was previously a lecturer in architectural history and theory at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL and a lecturer in the theory of visual culture on MA Public Art at The University of the Arts London. SYMP SEMINAR SERIES: