Publications
In press
(70) De Preester, H. (in press). ‘Visual art and the reconstruction of the artist’s gesture: phenomenological arguments for an alternative mirror theory’. The New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy (Ed. Vassiliou, F.). Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge.
2021
(69) De Preester H. & Dorsch J. (2021). Descartes on the Passions of the Soul and Internal Emotions. Two Challenges for Interoception Research in Emotions. Danish Yearbook of Philosophy 2021, pp. 1-28.
(68) De Preester H. (2021). ‘Life is what you fill your attention with – the war for attention and the role of digital technology in the work of Bernard Stiegler’. Phenomenology and Mind 20, 102-116. open access
(67) De Preester, H. 52021). ‘The object that technology is not and how we can relate to it.’ Reply to comments in Foundations of Science. DOI:10.1007/s10699-020-09743-4. more
(66) De Preester, H. (2021). ‘Subjectivity and transcendental illusions in the Anthropocene’. Foundations of Science. DOI: 10.1007/s10699-020-09733-6 open access
(65) De Preester, H. (2021). ‘A radical phenomenology of the body: subjectivity and sensations in body image and body schema’. In Body Image and Body Schema Revisited (Eds. Tanaka, S., Ataria, Y., Gallagher, S.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. More info here at OUP.
2018
(64) Helena De Preester (2018). Subjectivity as a sentient perspective and the role of interoception. In The Interoceptive Mind – From Homeostasis to Awareness. Oxford: Oxford University Press. More info here at OUP.
(63) NEW BOOK Manos Tsakiris & Helena De Preester (Eds.) (2018). ‘The Interoceptive Mind – From Homeostasis to Awareness’. Oxford: Oxford University Press. More info here at OUP.
Back into research (from January 2017 on).
Due to a training as clinical psychologist, research activities are scaled down (March 2013 – December 2016).
2014
(62) Helena De Preester (2014). ‘Drawing is a thinking machine – A digital Vasco da Gama’, pp. 161-185 in Simple Thoughts – Peter Beyls (ed. P. Beyls). Gent: Asamer. More info on Peter Beyls (artist)
(61) Helena De Preester & Manos Tsakiris (2014). ‘Sensitivity to Differences in the Motor Origin of Drawings: From Human to Robot’. PLoS ONE 9(7): e102318. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0102318 (access)
2013
(60) Helena De Preester (2013). ‘Investing in the act of painting: Ilse D’Hollander and the Question of Painting’ (pp. 59-64)/’Investeren in de daad van het schilderen: Ilse D’Hollander en de vraag van het schilderen’ (pp. 109-114), in Ilse D’Hollander: Untitled (artist monograph). With texts by/met teksten van: Eva Wittocx, Tanguy Eeckhout, Helena De Preester en David Nash. Publisher: Ric Urmel / The Estate of Ilse D’Hollander and Hannibal Publishing, 256 pp. More info on Ilse D’Hollander (artist)
(59) NEW BOOK Helena De Preester (Ed.) (2013). Not a Day Without a Line. Understanding Artists’ Writings. Gent: Academia Press. more info
(58) De Preester, H. & Manos Tsakiris (2013). ‘Living lines: can we discriminate between traces of movement by animate and non-animate agents?’, in Images of Animate Movement. Representations of Life / Bilder animierter Bewegung. Darstellungen von Leben. (ed. by S. Leyssen and P. Rathgeber), München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag.
(57) NEW BOOK Helena De Preester (Ed.) (2013). Moving Imagination, Explorations of gesture and inner movement in the arts (Advances in Consciousness Research -AiCR) Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. more info
(56) journal article (2011). ‘Merleau-Ponty’s sexual schema and the sexual component of body integrity identity disorder’. Medicine, Healthcare and Philosophy. DOI 10.1007/s11019-011-9367-3 Volume 16, Issue 2 (2013), Page 171-184 pdf
2012
(55) book chapter (2012). ‘Equipment and Existential Spatiality: Heidegger, Cognitive Science and the Prosthetic Subject”, pp. 276-308 in Heidegger and Cognitive Science (New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science) (eds. J. Kiverstein, M. Wheeler), Palgrave McMillan.
(54) journal article (2012) “Het technologische lichaam als utopie”, Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte, Themanummer: Belichaamde cognitie, 104 (3), pp. 222-236.
(53) journal article/critical bibliography. “Verzet en transcendentaal empirisme” (over: Catherine Malabous Wat te doen met ons brein?), De Uil van Minerva, 25 (1-2), pp. 87-100.
(52) journal article (2012). ‘Technology and the Myth of ‘Natural Man’: A Response to Don Ihde and Charles Lenay’, Foundations of Science. Volume 17, Issue 4, 385-390 DOI 10.1007/s10699-011-9246-7. pdf
(51) journal article (2012). ‘The Sensory Component of Imagination: the Motor Theory of Imagination as a Present-Day Solution to Sartre’s Critique’. Philosophical Psychology, Vol. 25, No. 4, August 2012, p. 503-520. DOI:10.1080/09515089.2011.622362
2011
(50) lecture proceeding (2011). ‘The Role of the Artist’s Gesture in the Perception of Art and Artistic Style’, pp 15-19 in Art and Science, vol. IX, Proceedings of a Special Focus Symposium on Art and Science, The 23rd International conference on systems research, informatics and cybernetics (eds. G.E. Lasker, H. Schinzel, K. Boullart, H. De Preester, J. Galle), Tecumseh, Canada: The International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics. pdf
(49) book chapter with Van de Vijver G. (2011). ‘Transcendentalism and Original Beginnings’, pp. 307-322 in Transcendentalism Overturned, Analecta Husserliana vol. 108 (ed. A.-T. Tymieniecka), Dordrecht: Springer. abstract
(48) journal article ‘Technology and the body: the (im)possibilities of re-embodiment.’ Foundations of Science, 16 (2):119-137, with commentaries by Don Ihde and Charles Lenay, DOI 10.1007/s10699-010-9188-5 pdf
2010
(47) book chapter with Huyghe Philip (2010). “ ‘De Doublure’: over dubbel en stand-in in het oeuvre van Philip Huyghe” pp. 245-259 in Invitation au voyage. Kunst als voertuig voor mentale reizen (eds. C. Van Damme, M. Van Eeckhaut, B. Scherlippens). Gent: Leerstoel Karel Geirlandt/UGent & Academia Press
(46) book chapter with Slatman Jenny, ‘Lichamelijke integriteit.Lichaamsmodel, lichaamsbeeld en identificatie’, pp. 189-214 in Psychoanalyse en neurowetenschap: de geest in de machine (ed. M. Kinet,A. Bazan), Psychoanalytisch Actueel, Antwerpen/Apeldoorn: Garant Uitgevers. boekbespreking in De Psycholoog mei 2011
(45) text in exhibition publication by the artist Kristof Van Gestel, in the exhibition Een verlangen naar abstractie, FelixArt Museum, 5 september – 14 november 2010, Drogenbos.
(44) exhibition publication with Huyghe Ph., ‘Het zichtbare werk: De doublure’, pp. 10-11 in Roots, published by CultuurCentrum Ieper (coordination Els Verlinde), text about the work of Philip Huyghe in the exhibition Roots, with works of Dirk Bogaert, Edith Dekyndt, Philip Huyghe and Stéphanie Leblon, April 17th – June 13th 2010, CultuurCentrum Ieper, Lakenhalle, Westervleugel, Ieper.
(43) exhibition publication ‘Defining Visual Terms: Jerry Galle and Leen Derks’ (Ned./Eng.), published by Ruimte Morguen vzw, Antwerpen, exhibition ‘Defining Visual Terms’ January 21st – March 6th 2010, Ruimte Morguen vzw, Antwerpen. pdf
(42) translation into Dutch with Vandaele H. & Van de Vijver G., Johann Gottlieb Fichte. Fundering van de Gehele Wetenschapsleer. Uit het Duits vertaald door Henk Vandaele (red.), Helena De Preester en Gert Van de Vijver. Bijlage bij het proefschrift ‘The Thin Red Line – Het transcendentale grensbegrip als grondslag voor een topica’ door Henk Vandaele. University Press, pp. 51 (isbn: 978-90- 7083-006-9).
(41) exhibition catalogue/ journal article with Galle J., ‘Het verlangen van het apparaat – Over technische beelden en hedendaagse abstractie’, pp. 87-99 in special issue ‘Een verlangen naar abstractie’, Kunst en Kennis, (1) 1. pdf
(40) editor exhibition catalogue/journal issue ‘Een verlangen naar abstractie’, Kunst en Kennis 1, September 2010. Catalogue of the exhibition ‘Een verlangen naar abstractie’, FelixArt Museum, 5 september – 14 november 2010, pp. 116. info
(39) book review, ‘Postphenomenology, Embodiment, and Technics. D. Ihde: Postphenomenology and Technoscience. The Peking University Lectures/ D. Ihde: Embodied Technics, in Human Studies: a journal for philosophy and the social sciences, 33 (2), pp. 339-345. DOI 10.1007/s10746-010- 9144-y pdf
2009
(38) journal article with Tsakiris M., ‘Body-extension versus body- incorporation: Is there a need for a body-model?’, Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 8 (3), 307-319. pdf
(37) journal article ‘De tijd van het lijden. Videokunst, de Vlaamse oude meesters, en de passies van de ziel.’ Dietsche Warande & Belfort (DW&B) 154 (4), Passies omtrent Rogier – De actualiteit van Van der Weydens beeldtaal, 603-622. online preview DW&B
(36) text in publication of exhibition ‘Jerry Galle’ (in German, published by Fotogalerie Wien) for exhibition Bilder, Portrait – Jerry Galle, Caroline Heider, Oleg Kasumovic, Andrea Loux, Lucia Nimcovà, Laura Ribero, Daniel Stier, in Fotogalerie Wien, March 3th – April 1st 2009, Vienna, Austria. pdf
(35) lecture proceeding ‘Images Aren’t in the Head: on Imagination between Abstraction and Concretion’, pp. 97-98 (English edition) Jan van Eyck Yearbook, Maastricht: Jan van Eyck Academie.
(34) lecture proceeding with Galle J., ‘Internet Art, Technology and Relational Aesthetics’, pp 6-10 in Art and Science, vol. VII, Proceedings of a Special Focus Symposium on Art and Science, The 21st International conference on systems research, informatics and cybernetics (eds. G.E. Lasker, H. Schinzel, K. Boullart), Tecumseh, Canada: The International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics. pdf
2008
(33) journal article, ‘Body image and the visceral dimension’, Theorie et Historia Scientiarum 8(2), 153-171.
(32) journal article, ‘From ego to alter ego: Husserl, Merleau-Ponty and a layered approach to intersubjectivity’, Phenomenology and the cognitive sciences 7(1), 133-142. pdf
(31) lecture proceeding with Galle J., ‘On the Intimate Relation between the Reproducible and the Abstract Nature of Images’, pp. 1-5, in Art and Science, vol. VI, Proceedings of a Special Focus Symposium on Art and Science, The 19th International conference on systems research, informatics and cybernetics (eds. G.E. Lasker, H. Schinzel, K. Boullart), Tecumseh, Canada: The International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics. pdf
2007
(30) journal article ‘The deep bodily origins of the subjective perspective: Models and their problems’, with commentary by Jean-Luc Petit, Consciousness and Cognition 16 (3), 604-618. pdf
(29) journal article ‘To perform the layered body – a short exploration of the body in performance’, Janus Head: Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature, Continental Philosophy, Phenomenological Psychology, and the Arts, 9 (2), 349-383. pdf
(28) book chapter ‘Epistemological questions concerning the in-depth body and the coming about of the ego’, pp. 201-225 in Phenomenology of Life – From the Animal Soul to the Human Mind, Book II. The Human Soul in the Creative Transformation of the Mind (ed. A.-T. Tymieniecka), Analecta Husserliana, The Yearbook of Phenomenological Research, vol. 94, Dordrecht: Springer. pdf
(27) book chapter ‘Transcendantalisme et Anti-naturalisme’, pp. 201- 217, Idéalisme et Phénoménologie (eds. M. Maesschalck, R. Brisart), Hildesheim/Zürich/New York: Georg Olms Verlag.
(26) proceeding of lecture ‘The Odd Position of the Melancholic – The Loss of an Explanatory Model?’, pp. 15-19, in Art and Science, vol. V, Proceedings of a Special Focus Symposium on Art and Science, The 19th International conference on systems research, informatics and cybernetics (eds. G.E. Lasker, H. Schinzel, K. Boullart), Tecumseh, Canada: The International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics. pdf
(25) proceeding of lecture ‘Body schema and performance: a short exploration’, pp. 5-10 in Art and Science, vol. IV, Proceedings of a Special Focus Symposium on Art and Science, The 18th International conference on systems research, informatics and cybernetics (eds. G.E. Lasker, H. Schinzel, K. Boullart), Tecumseh, Canada: The International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics. pdf
2006
(24) journal article with Hertmans Stefan, ‘Kwispelen met de angel – Vier brieven over ironie’, Dietsche Warande & Belfort (DW&B) 151 (5/6), Irony and Beyond, 826-841. online DW&B of pdf
(23) journal article ‘Naturalism and transcendentalism in the naturalization of phenomenology’, New Ideas in Psychology 24 (1), 41-62. pdf
(22) book review ‘Review of T. Kircher and A. David (eds.): The self in neuroscience and psychiatry’, pp. 119-124, in Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 5 (1) pdf
2005
(21) journal article with Van de Vijver G., Van Speybroeck L., De Waele D., & Kolen F., ‘Philosophy of biology: outline of a transcendental project’, Acta Biotheoretica, 53, 57-75. pdf
(20) book chapter with Van de Vijver G. ‘Evidence and Structure, Perspectives on the metaphysics of presence and non-presence’, pp. 277-292, Logos of Phenomenology and Phenomenology of the Logos, Book one. Phenomenology as the Critique of Reason in Contemporary Criticism and Interpretation, Analecta Husserliana (ed. A.-T. Tymieniecka), vol. 88, Dordrecht: Springer. pdf
(19) introduction to collective volume with Knockaert V. ‘Introduction: interdisciplinarity and headlines’, pp. 1-18 in Body Image & Body Schema: interdisciplinary perspectives on the body (Eds. H. De Preester & V. Knockaert), Amsterdam/ Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. preview on books.google.com
(18) book chapter ‘The body and the constitutive role of the voice’, pp. 45-64 in Body Image & Body Schema: interdisciplinary perspectives on the body (Eds. H. De Preester & V. Knockaert), Amsterdam/ Philadephia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. preview on books.google.com
(17) book editor with Knockaert V. ‘Body Image & Body Schema – interdisciplinary perspectives on the body’, John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam/Philadelphia, pp. 343. table of contents or preview on books.google.com
(16) book chapter with Weber E., ‘Micro-explanations of laws’, pp. 177- 186 in Cognitive Structures in Scientific Inquiry (Poznan Studies in Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, vol. 84) (Eds. R. Festa, A. Aliseda and J. Peijnenburg), Amsterdam/New York, NY: Rodopi. preview on books.google.com or pdf
(15) journal article ‘Freud en de metafoor van het schrift’, pp. 365-379, Psychoanalytische Perspektieven 23 (3-4). pdf
(14) conference review with Vanderbeeken R. (2005). ‘Wetenschapsmetafysica’, pp. 300-302, Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte 97 (4). pdf
2004
(13) journal article with Kolen F. , ‘The Role of Normativity and Anticipation in the Constitution of Objectivity’, International Journal of Computing Anticipatory Systems 16, 61-72.
(12) editor of journal issue ‘The inside/outside distinction and the issue of boundaries’, Philosophica 73. With contributions by Alvaro Moreno and Xabier Barandiaran, Alan Rayner, Bernhard Waldenfels, Aaron Mishara. contents or access full text
(11) journal article ‘Part-whole metaphysics underlying issues of internality/ externality’, Philosophica 73, 27-50. pdf
(10) introduction to journal issue ‘The inside/outside distinction and the issue of boundaries’, Philosophica 73, 5-9. pdf
(9) book review ‘Een korte rondleiding in het bewustzijn: neurowetenschappelijk onderzoek en de “nieuwe filosofie”.’ Review of V.S. Ramachandran (2004), A brief tour of human consciousness, from impostor poodles to purple numbers, New York, Pi Press. pp. 422-427 in Psychoanalytische Perspectieven 22, 3-4.
2003
(8) journal article ‘Meaning, what’s the matter?’, Theoria et Historia Scientiarum – International Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies, Special issue: Embodiment and awareness, 7(1), 195-205. pdf
2002
(7) journal article ‘On the differentiation between self and non-self’, Communication and Cognition, 35 (3-4), 211-224. pdf
(6) journal article ‘Intentionality and the inside/outside distinction in sensitive systems’, Consciousness and Emotion, 3 (1), 65-79. pdf
(5) journal article ‘Naturalizing Husserlian Phenomenology: An Introduction’, English Special issue of Psychoanalytische Perspektieven, 20 (4), 633-647. pdf
(4) proceedings of lecture ‘Intentionality, Representation and Anticipation’, Proceedings of CASYS ‘01, Fifth international conference on computing anticipatory systems, (Ed. D. Dubois), American Institute of Physics conference proceedings, 313-319. pdf
2000
(3) book review of G. Lynn Stephens en George Graham, ‘When Self-Consciousness Breaks – Alien Voices and Inserted Thoughts’, pp. 107-110 in Philosophica, vol. 66, nr. 2. pdf
1999
(2) book review of B. Baas, ‘De la chose à l’objet – Jacques Lacan et la traversée de la phénoménologie’, pp. 134-138 in Psychoanalytische Perspektieven, nr. 4.
1998
(1) book review of G. Van de Vijver, S.N. Salthe, M. Delpos (eds.). ‘Evolutionary Systems, biological and epistemological perspectives on selection and self- organization’, pp. 115-120 in Philosophica, vol. 62, nr. 2. pdf
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