Embodiment : a history / edited by Justin Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Justin E.H., Editor.

Contributor:

Smith-Ruiu, Justin, editor.

Series:

Oxford philosophical concepts.

Oxford Philosophical Concepts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human body (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 365 pages).

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press 2017

Summary:

Embodiment - having, being in, or being associated with a body - is a feature of the existence of many entities, perhaps even of all entities. Why entities should find themselves in this condition is the philosophical problem that concerns the present volume. The contributors to this volume shine light on a number of demanding questions that have driven reflection on embodiment throughout the history of philosophy.

Contents:

Introduction / Justin E.H. Smith

1. The Body of Western Embodiment: Classical Antiquity and the Early History of a Problem / Brooke Holmes

2. Embodied or Ensouled: Aristotle on the Relation of Soul and Body / Helen Lang

3. Beautiful Bodies and Shameful Embodiment in Plotinus's / Lesley-Anne Dyer Williams

4. Augustinian Puzzles about Body, Soul, Flesh, and Death / Sarah Catherine Byers

5. Medieval Jewish Philosophers and the Human Body / Yoav Meyrav

6. Scholastic Philosophers on the Role of the Body in Knowledge / Rafael Nájera

7. Hobbes's Embodied God / Geoffrey Gorham

8. Leibniz's View of Individuals: Nested or Embodied Individuals / Ohad Nachtomy

9. Descartes and Spinoza: Two Approaches to Embodiment / Alison Peterman

10. Man-Machines and Embodiment: From Cartesian Physiology to Claude Bernard's 'Living Machine' / Philippe Huneman and Charles T. Wolfe

11. The Embodiment of Virtue: Towards a Cross-Cultural Cognitive Science / Jake H. Davis

Reflections

The Devil in the Flesh: On Witchcraft and Possession / Véronique Decaix

Phantom Limbs / Stephen Gaukroger

Embodied Geometry in Early Modern Theatre / Yelda Nasifoglu

Ghosts in the Celestial Machine: Embodiment in the Late Renaissance / Jonathan Regier

The Genotype/Phenotype Distinction / Emily Herring.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-067728-7

0-19-049047-0

0-19-049046-2