Embodiment in Cognition and Culture

by Dirk Westerkamp, Angela Steidele, Mats Rosengren

This volume shows that the notions of embodied or situated cognition, which have transformed the scientific study of intelligence have the potential to reorient cultural studies as well. The essays adapt and amplify embodied cognition in such different fields as art history, literature, history of science, religious studies, philosophy, biology, and cognitive science. The topics include the biological genesis of teleology, the dependence of meaning...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027252076
• ISBN13: 9789027252074
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 304 Pages