Embodiment, 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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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
2011, 2011
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Series: | New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science
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Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | 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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Physical Description: | XI, 260 p online resource |
ISBN: | 9780230297715 |