Shaun Gallagher (University of Central Fl Department of Philosophy

How the Body Shapes the Mind

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Offers an examination of the role played by the body in perception and in the development and practice of thinking. This book uses the concepts of body image and body schema to address a range of philosophical questions about cognition, drawing on work in developmental psychology, brain research, and studies of unusual pathologies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 460g
• ISBN-13: 9780199204168
• ISBN-10: 0199204160
• Artikelnr.: 20911211

Autorenporträt

Shaun Gllagher teaches in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Central Florida.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: Scientific and Phenomenological Investigations of Embodiment
1: The Terms of Embodiment
2: The Case of the Missing Schema
3: The Earliest Senses of Self and Others
4: Pursuing a Phantom
5: The Body in Gesture
Part II: Excursions in Philosophy and Pathology
6: Prenoetic Constraints on Perception and Action
7: Neurons and Neonates: Reflections on the Molyneux System
8: Complex Structures and Common Dynamics of Self-Awareness
9: The Interactive Practice of Mind
10: Before You Know It