The primacy of movement / Maxine Sheets-Johnstone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheets-Johnstone, Maxine.

Series:

Advances in consciousness research ; v. 82.

Advances in consciousness research, 1381-589X ; v. 82

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Movement (Philosophy).

Movement, Psychology of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (606 p.)

Edition:

Expanded 2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This expanded second edition carries forward the initial insights into the biological and existential significances of animation by taking contemporary research findings in cognitive science and philosophy and in neuroscience into critical and constructive account. It first takes affectivity as its focal point, elucidating it within both an enactive and qualitative affective-kinetic dynamic. It follows through with a thoroughgoing interdisciplinary inquiry into movement from three perspectives: mind, brain, and the conceptually reciprocal realities of receptivity and responsiv

Contents:

section 1. Foundations

section 2. Methodology

section 3. Applications

section 4. Twenty-first century reflections on human nature : foundational concepts and realities.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613174864

9781283174862

1283174863

9789027286772

9027286779

OCLC:

744354231