Embodiment, Emotion, and Cognition by Michelle Maiese (English) Hardcover Book

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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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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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A new fascinating exploration of the essentially embodied nature of emotional experience and its connection with various forms of cognition

Author Biography

MICHELLE MAIESE Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Emmanuel College, Boston USA. Her research in philosophy of mind and psychology focuses on action, emotion, and the nature of psychological disorder. Her first book, co-authored with Robert Hanna, is entitled Embodied Minds in Action.

Table of Contents

Series Editors' Preface Acknowledgements Introduction The Essential Embodiment Thesis Essentially Embodied, Desire-Based Emotions Sense of Self, Embodiment, and Desire-Based Emotions The Role of Emotion in Decision and Moral Evaluation Essentially Embodied, Emotive, Enactive Social Cognition Breakdowns in Embodied Emotive Cognition Conclusion Notes References Index

Long Description

The book begins with the view that human consciousness is essentially embodied and that our conscious experience of the world is structured by our lived bodily dynamics. Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in the animate, bodily-engaged dynamics of emotional experience. Because the essential factor in all emotion is conscious desire, emotions help to disclose a world of meaning and importance. They do so by focusing our attention, helping us to home in on salient facts, and allowing us to affectively frame our surroundings in accordance with what we care about. Cognitive processes of appraisal, sense-making, and interpretation therefore are not detached, intellectual processes, as some theorists suppose, but instead are infused with affect. Because emotions play such a crucial role in self-consciousness, moral evaluation, and social cognition, disruptions in emotive, bodily consciousness can lead to severe psychological impairments. Disorders such as schizophrenia, psychopathy, and autism powerfully illustrate this.

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A new fascinating

Details ISBN0230576974 Author Michelle Maiese ISBN-10 0230576974 ISBN-13 9780230576971 Format Hardcover Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Short Title EMBODIMENT EMOTION & COGNITION Language English Media Book DEWEY 128 Year 2010 Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Place of Publication Basingstoke Country of Publication United Kingdom Edition Description 2011 Pages 260 Publication Date 2010-12-21 UK Release Date 2010-12-21 AU Release Date 2010-12-21 NZ Release Date 2010-12-21 Illustrations XI, 260 p. Series New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science Alternative 9781349366798 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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