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The Embodied Mind, revised edition: Cognitive Science and Human Experience (The MIT Press) by ; Francisco J. Varela, Evan Thompson, and Eleanor Rosch; new foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn; new introductions by Evan Thompson, Eleanor Rosch is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

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This classic book, first published in 1991, was one of the first to propose the "embodied cognition" approach in cognitive science. It pioneered the connections between phenomenology and science and between Buddhist practices and science -- claims that have since become highly influential. Through this cross-fertilization of disparate fields of study, The Embodied Mind introduced a new form of cognitive science called "enaction," in which both the environment and first person experience are aspects of embodiment. However, enactive embodiment is not the grasping of an independent, outside world by a brain, a mind, or a self; rather it is the bringing forth of an interdependent world in and through embodied action. Although enacted cognition lacks an absolute foundation, the book shows how that does not lead to either experiential or philosophical nihilism. Above all, the book's arguments were powered by the conviction that the sciences of mind must encompass lived human experience and the possibilities for transformation inherent in human experience. This revised edition includes substantive introductions by Evan Thompson and Eleanor Rosch that clarify central arguments of the wo

Who reads The Embodied Mind, revised edition: Cognitive Science and Human Experience (The MIT Press)?

Author

; Francisco J. Varela, Evan Thompson, and Eleanor Rosch; new foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn; new introductions by Evan Thompson, Eleanor Rosch

Publisher

The MIT Press

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780262529365

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Psychology, Fiction, Religion