The phenomenology and physiology of action
By: Alain Berthoz, Jean-Luc Petit ; translated by Christopher McCann.
Contributors: Petit, Jean-Luc, 1944-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9780199547883
Subjects: Husserl, Edmund, -- 1859-1938; Husserl, Edmund, -- 1859-1938; Act (Philosophy); Perception (Philosophy); Phenomenology; Neurophysiology; Perception -- physiology; Neurophysiology; Philosophy
Work titles: Phénoménologie et physiologie de l'action.
Description: In a rare collaboration, a world famous brain scientist and an eminent philosopher have joined forces in an effort to understand how our brain interacts with the world. The text shows how those within phenomenology and physiology can interact to further our understanding of the brain and the mind.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Representation versus action; title: Getting past the traditional concepts; title: Anticipation and prediction; title: Who's afraid of the transcendental subject?; title: Prolegomenon for a theory of constitution; title: A kinaesthetic theory of constitution; title: The constitution of the own body; title: A key to intersubjectivity: conjoint constitution.