The Body & the Self - Hardcover

Bermudez, Jose Luis

 
9780262023863: The Body & the Self

Synopsis

Brings together recent work on the nature of self-consciousness, the nature of bodily awareness and the relation between the two. The text addresses the central problem of how our grasp of ourselves as one object among others is underpinned by the ways in we use and represent our bodies.

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"This collection provides the latest thinking by philosophers andpsychologists on bodily awareness and self consciousness. It isessential reading for anyone interested in matters of consciousness,the self, and the development of the self concept." Josef Perner , Institut fur Psychologie,Universitat Salzburg

Synopsis

Brings together recent work on the nature of self-consciousness, the nature of bodily awareness and the relation between the two. The text addresses the central problem of how our grasp of ourselves as one object among others is underpinned by the ways in we use and represent our bodies.

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ISBN 10:  0262522489 ISBN 13:  9780262522489
Publisher: MIT Press, 1998
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