Embodiment in cognition and culture

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This volume shows that the notions of embodied or situated cognition, which have transformed the scientific study of intelligence have the potential to reorient cultural studies as well. The essays adapt and amplify embodied cognition in such different fields as art history, literature, history of science, religious studies, philosophy, biology, and cognitive science. The topics include the biological genesis of teleology, the dependence of meaning in signs upon biological embodiment, the notio…

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Title Statements

Full title :Embodiment in cognition and culture / edited by John Michael Krois [and others].

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2007.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):John Benjamins Pub. Co
Place of Publication:Amsterdam
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2007.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xxii, 304 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9789027292193, 9027292191, 9027252076, 9789027252074, 128215284X, 9781282152847, 9786612152849, 6612152842
oclc:ocn232160018
LC Classification:BF311
Dewey Decimal:153

Embodiment in Cognition and Culture; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Systems; 2. Images; 3. Form; 4. Rhythm; 5. Therapy; 6. Catharsis; 7. Symbolization; Notes on contributors; Contributors to "Embodiment in cognition and culture" (current e-mail and preferred mailing addresses); Name index; Subject index; The series Advances in Consciousness Research.

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Cognitie Cognition Cognition and culture Cognition et culture Culture culture note Culturele aspecten Kognitionsforskning Kunskapsteori Lichamelijkheid Medvetande -- filosofi PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science