Embodiment in cognition and culture / edited by John Michael Krois ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Krois, John Michael.

Series:

Advances in consciousness research 1381-589X ; v. 71.

Advances in consciousness research, 1381-589X ; v. 71

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognition and culture.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., [2007]

Summary:

This volume shows that the notions of embodied or situated cognition, which have transformed the scientific study of intelligence have the potential to reorient cultural studies as well. The essays adapt and amplify embodied cognition in such different fields as art history, literature, history of science, religious studies, philosophy, biology, and cognitive science. The topics include the biological genesis of teleology, the dependence of meaning in signs upon biological embodiment, the notion of image schema and the concept of force in cognitive semantics, pictorial self-portraiture as a means to study self-perception, the difference between reading aloud and silent reading as a way to make sense of literary texts, intermodal (kinesthetic) understanding of art, psychosomatic medicine, laughter as a medical and ethical phenomenon, the valuation of laughter and the body in religion, and how embodied cognition revives and extends earlier attempts to develop a philosophical anthropology. (Series A)

Notes:

"This volume collects revised versions of papers originally presented at a conference entitled 'The body and embodiment: intersections of imagery, literature, and science,' held in Göteborg, Sweden on May 2-9, 2004."--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9027252076

9789027252074

OCLC:

123539425