Embodiment of Meaning - Why Matter Matters for Cognition and Experience

This book presents an elaborated argument for why functionalism, as well as other dematerialized and disembodied theories of mind, can't be right.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Mistaking the score for the music: intellectualism and the philosopher's fallacy; 2. Multiple realizability and the irrelevance of matter; 3. The embodiment of meaning; 4. Categorial and particular identity; Intermezzo: six honest serving men; 5. Embodied experience; 6. Psychology as strongly embodied; 7. Embodiment and identity; Epilogue: the significant body; Afterthought on sense-making; References.

About the author

Farid Zahnoun is a postdoctoral researcher in the field of philosophy of mind and cognitive science with an expertise in the topics of mental representation, perception, and the notion of information within theoretical neuroscience. He is currently affiliated with the Free University of Berlin (FU) and the University of Antwerp (UA).

Summary

This book presents an elaborated argument for why functionalism, as well as other dematerialized and disembodied theories of mind, can’t be right.

Product details

• Authors: Farid Zahnoun
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032574110
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3257411-0
• No. of pages: 162
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Neurosciences, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Cognition and cognitive psychology