Habitual actions and agency in phenomenology and enactivism

Can habitual actions be the foundation of agency? The philosophical challenge highlighted by this question is the outcome of a research trajectory that emerges from the tension between representational and direct approaches in the philosophy of perception. The subject-action-environment relation, which becomes salient in the question of how we perceive the world, requires comprehensive and integrative methods for both philosophical inquiry and scientific modeling. In this context, phenomenology and enactivism serve as a bridge that allows these two domains to be brought together with rigor. By employing these approaches, the thesis examines the complex phenomena of habit and agency in relation to one another, thereby not only sharpening existing debates but also developing a research model that generates productive questions for future work.