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The Philosophy of Body

ISBN: 978-1-4051-0895-9
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144 pages
May 2003, Wiley-Blackwell
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This timely collection brings together new discussions of the body from seven leading contributors with a wide variety of philosophical outlooks. The papers deal with the role of the body in the concept of the self, in perceptions, intention and action, in Artificial Intelligence, in thinking about sex and gender, and in psychoanalytical thinking.

  • A collection of specially written articles discussing the wide variety of treatments of the body.
  • Timely publication bringing together new discussions of the body from seven leading contributors.
  • Investigates the treatment of the body in the pioneering works of the phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty and the American Philosopher Samual Todes.

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