Screen LibraryEmbodiment, emotion, and cognition
Beginning with the view that human consciousness is essentially embodied and that the way we consciously experience the world is structured by our bodily dynamics and surroundings, the book argues that emotions are a fundamental manifestation of our embodiment, and play a crucial role in self-consci...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New directions in philosophy and cognitive science
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230297715 |
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Beginning with the view that human consciousness is essentially embodied and that the way we consciously experience the world is structured by our bodily dynamics and surroundings, the book argues that emotions are a fundamental manifestation of our embodiment, and play a crucial role in self-consciousness, moral evaluation, and social cognition. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780230576971, 2010. |
| Carrier Form: | 272 p. |
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9780230576971 9780230297715 : 0230297714 : |
| CLC: | B842 |
| Contents: | Series Editors' Preface Acknowledgements Introduction The Essential Embodiment Thesis Essentially Embodied, Desire-Based Emotions Sense of Self, Embodiment, and Desire-Based Emotions The Role of Emotion in Decision and Moral Evaluation Essentially Embodied, Emotive, Enactive Social Cognition Breakdowns in Embodied Emotive Cognition Conclusion Notes References Index. |