Mind the body an exploration of bodily self-awareness

Mind the Body' is the first comprehensive treatment of bodily awareness. Frédérique de Vignemont seeks to answer questions such as: how do I perceive my body? How do I perceive other people's bodies? Can I really feel your pain? What makes me feel this specific body is my own? Why do I car...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Vignemont, Frédérique de 1976- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2018
Ausgabe:First edition
Schlagworte:
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:Mind the Body' is the first comprehensive treatment of bodily awareness. Frédérique de Vignemont seeks to answer questions such as: how do I perceive my body? How do I perceive other people's bodies? Can I really feel your pain? What makes me feel this specific body is my own? Why do I care about it? To what extent can I feel an avatar's body as my own? To answer these questions, we need a better understanding of the various aspects of bodily self-awareness, including the spatiality of bodily sensations, their multimodality, their role in social cognition, their relation to action, and to self-defence. This volume combines philosophical analysis with recent experimental results from cognitive science, leading us to question some of our most basic intuitions
Beschreibung:Von der website der Autorin: 2014 Habilitation (HDR). Ecole Normale Supérieure. Thesis: Mind the body
Beschreibung:VIII, 263 Seiten
ISBN:9780198735885