Gallagher Shaun
How the Body Shapes the Mind.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2005 Cover Image

Галлахер Шон Как тело формирует сознание. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005
Gallagher Shaun How the Body Shapes the Mind. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005

Author(s): Anna Khakhalova
Subject(s): Phenomenology
Published by: Издательство Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета
Keywords: Corporal experience; consciousness; cognition; self; corporal image; corporal scheme; prenoetic structures

Summary/Abstract: This paper of Gallagher unifies efforts of a number of scientific fields (neurophysiology, cognitive psychology, phenomenology, analytic philosophy) in the analysis of corporeality of experience. Such issues, concerned with corporeality, as how and to what extent body participates in the process of consciousness, its constitution and functioning, formation of subject’s self and his existence and also in the process of cognition. The main aim of this paper is, as it is seen by the author, is the creation of common interdisciplinary glossary, common theoretical system for studies in the field of corporeality.

  • Issue Year: 1/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 172-179
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Russian