Embodiment, Emotion, and Cognition [electronic resource] /
Maiese, Michelle.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Series Editors' Preface; Introduction; 1 The Essential Embodiment Thesis; 2 Essentially Embodied, Desire-Based Emotions; 3 Sense of Self, Embodiment, and Desire-Based Emotions; 4 The Role of Emotion in Decision and Moral Evaluation; 5 Essentially Embodied, Emotive, Enactive Social Cognition; 6 Breakdowns in Embodied Emotive Cognition; Concluding Remarks; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Philosophy of mind.
Cognitive psychology.
Popular works.
Psychiatry.
Emotions.
Philosophy of Mind.
Cognitive Psychology.
Popular Science, general.
Psychiatry.
Emotion.