The Bodily Self: Selected Essays

by José Luis Bermúdez

Book Overview

Essays on the role of the body in self-consciousness, showing that full-fledged, linguistic self-consciousness is built on a rich foundation of primitive, nonconceptual self-consciousness.

These essays explore how the rich and sophisticated forms of self-consciousness with which we are most familiar--as philosophers, psychologists, and as ordinary, reflective individuals--depend on a complex underpinning that has been largely invisible...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026255108X
• ISBN13: 9780262551083
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher