The Body and the Self by Jose Bermudez
The Body and the Self brings together recent work by philosophers and psychologists on the nature of self-consciousness, the nature of bodily awareness, and the relation between the two. The central problem addressed is How is our grasp of ourselves as one object among others underpinned by the ways in which we use and represent our bodies? The contributors take up such issues as how should we characterize the various distinctive ways we have of being in touch with our own bodies in sensation, proprioception, and action? How exactly does our grip on our bodies as objects connect with our ability to perceive the external environment, and with our ability to engage in various forms of social interaction? Can any of these ways of representing our bodies affect a bridge between body and self?Jose Luis Bermudez, Texas A&M University Educated at St Pauls School, London and King's College Cambridge, Jose Luis Bermudez is Professor of Philosophy at Texas A&M University, where he previous served as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. He has held positions at the universities of Cambridge and Stirling, as well as at Washington
University in St Louis. His books include The Paradox of Self-Consciousness, Thinking Without Words, Philosophy of Psychology, A Contemporary Introduction, Decision Theory and Rationality, and Cognitive Science: An Introduction to the Sciences of the Mind.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780262522489 |
| ISBN 10 | 0262522489 |
| Title | The Body and the Self |
| Author | José Luis Bermúdez |
| Series | The Body And The Self |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | MIT Press Ltd |
| Year published | 1998-01-23 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
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