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How the body shapes the mind / Shaun Gallagher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gallagher, Shaun, 1948- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mind and body.
- Philosophy of mind.
- Consciousness.
- Human information processing.
- Self-perception.
- Human Body.
- Mental Processes.
- Philosophy.
- Self Concept.
- Medical Subjects:
- Consciousness.
- Human Body.
- Mental Processes.
- Philosophy.
- Self Concept.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([ix], 284 pages) : illustrations, portraits
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Gallagher offers an examination of the role played by the body in perception and in the development and practice of thinking using the concepts of body image and body schema to address a range of philosophical questions about cognition.
- Contents:
- pt. 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
- pt. II. Excursions in philosophy and pathology
- 6. Prenoetic constraints on perception and action
- 7. Neurons and neonates : reflections on the Molyneux problem
- 8. Complex structures and common dynamics of self-awareness
- 9. The interactive practice of mind
- 10. Before you know it.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-278) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-162257-5
- 0-19-920416-0
- 1-282-26817-1
- 9786612268175
- 0-19-153396-3
- OCLC:
- 922954377
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