Embodiment, Emotion, and CognitionBeginning 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. |
Contents
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1 The Essential Embodiment Thesis | 10 |
2 Essentially Embodied DesireBased Emotions | 50 |
3 Sense of Self Embodiment and DesireBased Emotions | 90 |
4 The Role of Emotion in Decision and Moral Evaluation | 119 |
5 Essentially Embodied Emotive Enactive Social Cognition | 151 |
6 Breakdowns in Embodied Emotive Cognition | 185 |
Concluding Remarks | 235 |
Notes | 238 |
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