On the Bodily Basis of Human Cognition: A Philosophical Perspective on Embodiment

This paper seeks to show that human cognition cannot be characterised purely in mentalistic term. It has a bodily basis and cognition is thus the product of the interplay between mind, body, and brain. This is how the idea of embodiment and its importance is realised and gets its foothold in both ph...

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Main Author: Amitabha Das Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2021.745095/full