Bodies and Other Objects

The Sensorimotor Foundations of Cognition

AvRob Ellis

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

Bodies and Other Objects is written for students, scholars and anyone with an interest in embodied cognition - the claim that the human mind cannot be understood without regard for the actions and capacities of the body. The impulse to write this book was a dissatisfaction with the inconsistent, and often shallow, use of the term 'embodied cognition'. This text attempts to reframe cognitive science with a unified theory of embodied cognition in which sensorimotor elements provide the basis for cognition, including symbolic exchanges that arise within a society of agents. It draws ideas and evidence from experimental psychology, neuroscience, philosophy and anthropology in reaching the conclusion that human cognition is best understood as the means by which exchanges within a constantly evolving network of skilful bodies and objects are regulated so as to further human interests.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-10-29
Mått:150 x 230 x 12 mm
Vikt:320 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:214
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781107629806

Utforska kategorier

Kognitiv psykologi inom Psykologi och pedagogik

Mer om författaren

Rob Ellis is Emeritus Professor of Psychology within the School of Psychology at the University of Plymouth.

Recensioner i media

'This great work, beautifully written, is a masterpiece that any scientist or layperson interested in what makes us human - brain, mind, sociality, culture - should read. The author integrates an embodied approach with a focus on the exchange of symbols in a material culture, setting the agenda for embodied cognitive (neuro)science in the future.' Anna Borghi, University of Bologna, Italy

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; 1. Reframing cognition; 2. Vision and action; 3. Tool use and tool incorporation; 4. Agency, objects and others; 5. Material cultures; 6. Language; 7. A synthesis: networks of human agents as physical symbol systems.