Philosophy of mind (204)

publisher: Springer
year: 2015
description:Ben-Yami shows how the technology of Descartes' time shapes his conception of life, soul and mind–body dualism; how Descartes' analytic geometry helps him develop his revolutionary conception of representation without resemblance; and how these ideas...

publisher: Springer
year: 2017
description:Dieses Buch leistet zweierlei: Einerseits beantwortet es in allgemeinverständlicher Form die Frage, wie es dazu gekommen ist, dass es den Menschen gibt und was das Besondere an ihm ist. Der Leser wird nicht nur in die Entwicklung der Materie vom Urkn...

publisher: Springer
year: 2017
description:Arne M. Weber bietet eine interdisziplinär anwendbare Theorie über die Abhängigkeit von Kognition vom sich bewegenden Körper und damit neue Einsichten in den Aufbau unseres Geistes. Es wird seitens der Philosophie eine begriffliche Analyse gegenwärti...

publisher: Springer
year: 2007
description:Drawing on a particular emphasis within the phenomenological tradition as exemplified by Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Eugene Gendlin, this book considers the role of the lived body as a way of knowing and being within three practical contexts that illus...

publisher: Springer
year: 2016
description:Representing the first comprehensive analysis of Gaga and Ohad Naharin's aesthetic approach, this book follows the sensual and mental emphases of the movement research practiced by dancers of the Batsheva Dance Company. Considering the body as a mean...

publisher: Springer
year: 2012
description:This interdisciplinary collection explores the role the body plays in constituting our sense of self, signalling the interplay between material embodiment, social meaning, and material and social conditions.

publisher: Springer
year: 2011
description: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 ...

publisher: Springer
year: 2017
description:This book represents an outstanding contribution to the field of somatic psychology. It focuses on the relationship between body and emotions, and on the linkages between mindfulness-based emotion studies and neuroscience. The author discusses the aw...

publisher: Springer
year: 2009
description:This unique collection of articles on emotion by Wittgensteinian philosophers provides a fresh perspective on the questions framing the current philosophical and scientific debates about emotions and offers significant insights into the role of emoti...

publisher: Springer
year: 2010
description:Integrating continental and Anglo-American traditions, the author exposes empathy as the foundation of the being-with-one-another of human beings. The interpretation of empathy is applied to story telling, literature, and self psychology, rescuing em...

publisher: Springer
year: 2005
description:This book explores the concept of epistemic justification and our understanding of the problem of skepticism. Providing critical examination of key responses to the skeptical challenge, Hamid Vahid presents a theory which is shown to work alongside t...

publisher: Springer
year: 2013
description:Epistemic Reasoning and the Mental integrates the epistemology of reasoning and philosophy of mind. By examining the fundamental competencies involved in reasoning, Gerken argues that reasoning depends on the external environment in ways that are bot...