Offers an examination of the role played by the body in perception and in the development and practice of thinking. This book uses the concepts of body image and body schema to address a range of philosophical questions about cognition, drawing on work in developmental psychology, brain research, an...

Offers an examination of the role played by the body in perception and in the development and practice of thinking. This book uses the concepts of body image and body schema to address a range of philosophical questions about cognition, drawing on work in developmental psychology, brain research, and studies of unusual pathologies.