CFP: Special issue Controversia Journal (ISSN 1808-5253) Call for Submissions in Cognition and Embodiment

Revista Controvérsia - ISSN 1808-5253 - Call for Submissions

Cognition and Embodiment
Giovanni Rolla, Federal University of Bahia - Guest Editor
Inácio Helfer, University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos - Editor-in-Chief

Revista Controvérsia is pleased to invite submissions for the special issue celebrating its 20th anniversary, titled Cognition and Embodiment.

Articles should explore approaches within the philosophy of cognitive sciences that address the issue of embodiment, including (but not limited to):

• Autonomist enactivism
• Radical enactivism
• Ecological psychology
• Situated cognition
• Extended mind
• Neurophenomenology

Some topics covered under this call include:

• Conceptual relationships between different research programs in embodied cognition
• Continuity between life and mind
• Phylogenetic and ontogenetic relationships between basic and higher cognitive faculties
• Ontological and epistemological assumptions of embodiment (such as anti-reductionism and emergentism)
• Historical influences on contemporary perspectives of embodied cognition
• Philosophical critiques of artificial intelligence from the standpoint of embodiment
• New challenges and future developments in embodied cognition research

Contributions that engage with relevant empirical sciences (such as linguistics, cognitive psychology, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, evolutionary biology, among others) from a philosophical perspective are encouraged.

The journal accepts articles in Portuguese, Spanish, and English. Undergraduate students may submit articles as long as they are co-authored with PhD researchers. Master's and PhD students may submit independently.

Submission deadline: July 28, 2025
Publication date: December 2025

Author guidelines can be found on the Revista Controvérsia website.