Description |
1 online resource (273 pages) |
Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Series Editors' Preface; Introduction; 1 The Essential Embodiment Thesis; 2 Essentially Embodied, Desire-Based Emotions; 3 Sense of Self, Embodiment, and Desire-Based Emotions; 4 The Role of Emotion in Decision and Moral Evaluation; 5 Essentially Embodied, Emotive, Enactive Social Cognition; 6 Breakdowns in Embodied Emotive Cognition; Concluding Remarks; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Summary |
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 embodiment, and play a crucial role in self-consciousness, moral evaluation, and social cognition |
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Subject |
Emotions.
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Mind and body.
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Cognition.
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Cognition
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cognition.
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Psychiatry.
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Cognition & cognitive psychology.
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Health and Fitness.
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Cognition
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Emotions
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Mind and body
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Psychiatry.
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Cognition & cognitive psychology.
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History of philosophy, philosophical traditions.
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Health and Wellbeing.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780230297715 |
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0230297714 |
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1282999044 |
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9781282999046 |
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