The aim of the experiments reported in this thesis was to investigate the relationship between the multisensory based processes involved in the generation of a sense of bodily selfhood and the processes involved in social cognition. The experiments in chapter 2 investigated the …
This thesis explores the spectator’s experience of emotions in Euro-American contemporary theatre dance. It proceeds through a dialogue between philosophical views of the spectator’s experience and a particular focus on the analysis of videos of performance. The study explores t…
Despite its centrality in all human cultures and throughout human history, philosophy of mind and cognitive science have historically had very little to say about vernacular dance. Vernacular dances are cultural dances, the ones we do at parties, clubs, rituals, festivals, compe…
The American Protestant and Evangelical church has primarily ascribed to a dualistic view of humanity (soul and body as two separate entities) leading to understanding spiritual formation as a cultivation of a non-physical soul through practices that are primarily internal, indi…