Embodiment, emotion, and cognition
By: Michelle Maiese
Series: New directions in philosophy and cognitive science
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780230576971
Subjects: Mind and body; PHILOSOPHY / General; Consciousness; PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology; Cognition; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body; Emotions
Description: "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"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-253) and index.
Table of contents: title: The essential embodiment thesis; title: Essentially embodied, desire-based emotions; title: Sense of self, embodiment, and desire-based emotions; title: The role of emotion in decision and moral evaluation; title: Essentially embodied, emotive, enactive social cognition; title: Breakdowns in embodied emotive cognition.