The Bodily Nature of Consciousness
Author | : Kathleen V. Wider |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 2018-05-31 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781501711664 |
ISBN-13 | : 1501711660 |
Rating | : 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Bodily Nature of Consciousness written by Kathleen V. Wider and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this work, Kathleen V. Wider discusses Jean-Paul Sartre's analysis of consciousness in Being and Nothingness in light of recent work by analytic philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists. She brings together phenomenological and scientific understandings of the nature of consciousness and argues that the two approaches can strengthen and suppport each other. Work on consciousness from two very different philosophical traditions—the continental and analytic—contributes to her explanation of the deep-seated intuition that all consciousness is self-consciousness.