This book argues, from multiple perspectives, a philosophy of embodiment that resolves the problem of the Vernunft (reason), through a non-exclusivist, embodied account of being human (of doing numbers, doing ethics, doing logic, doing language, doing knowledge). Our perspective is informed by strands of western philosophy, cognitive science, psychology, movement studies, eastern philosophy (Chinese philosophy), and African philosophy. The uniqueness of this project lies in the way it combines studies in various disciplines to give an embodied account of being human that is faithful to the...
This book argues, from multiple perspectives, a philosophy of embodiment that resolves the problem of the Vernunft (reason), through a non-exclusivist...
Developments in the sciences of cognition seem to threaten traditional philosophical conceptions of cognition, defying all conventional norms, and seeming to ridicule all philosophical characterization of rationality and of logical norms and decision theory criteria. Philosophical claims about the logic of the mind and its conceptual structure are increasingly becoming indefensible. Theories on concepts and categorization as being defined by necessary and sufficient conditions are progressively turning out to be hard to defend. Significant instability in the way we structure concepts and the...
Developments in the sciences of cognition seem to threaten traditional philosophical conceptions of cognition, defying all conventional norms, and see...
Proponents of embodied reason have justifiable reasons to propose we reexamine the motifs upon which the whole structure of our logic and reason are predicated, given the pervasiveness of metaphorical and analogical reasoning, and the use of mental spaces and practical inferences to link ideas in our logical and rational processes. Studies in cognitive science provide three crucial empirical findings about the nature of the human mind. First is the inherently embodied nature of the mind. Second is the predominantly unconscious nature of human thought. Third is the principally metaphorical...
Proponents of embodied reason have justifiable reasons to propose we reexamine the motifs upon which the whole structure of our logic and reason are p...
Die Befürworter der verkörperten Vernunft haben berechtigte Gründe vorzuschlagen, dass wir die Motive, auf denen die gesamte Struktur unserer Logik und unseres Verstandes beruht, noch einmal überprüfen sollten, da metaphorisches und analoges Denken allgegenwärtig sind und mentale Räume und praktische Schlussfolgerungen verwendet werden, um Ideen in unseren logischen und rationalen Prozessen zu verbinden. Die kognitionswissenschaftlichen Studien liefern drei entscheidende empirische Erkenntnisse über die Natur des menschlichen Geistes. Die erste ist die inhärent verkörperte Natur des...
Die Befürworter der verkörperten Vernunft haben berechtigte Gründe vorzuschlagen, dass wir die Motive, auf denen die gesamte Struktur unserer Logik...
Les partisans de la raison incarnée ont des raisons légitimes de proposer que nous réexaminions les motifs sur lesquels repose toute la structure de notre logique et de notre raison, étant donné l'omniprésence du raisonnement métaphorique et analogique, et l'utilisation d'espaces mentaux et d'inférences pratiques pour relier les idées dans nos processus logiques et rationnels. Les études en sciences cognitives fournissent trois résultats empiriques cruciaux sur la nature de l'esprit humain. La première est la nature intrinsèquement incarnée de l'esprit. Le deuxième est la...
Les partisans de la raison incarnée ont des raisons légitimes de proposer que nous réexaminions les motifs sur lesquels repose toute la structure d...
