UID:
edocfu_9959230269802883
Format:
1 online resource (x, 332 pages) :
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illustrations.
ISBN:
0-300-21597-5
Content:
If you think that intelligence emanates from the mind and that reasoning necessitates the suppression of emotion, you’d better think again—or rather not “think” at all. In his provocative new book, Guy Claxton draws on the latest findings in neuroscience and psychology to reveal how our bodies—long dismissed as mere conveyances—actually constitute the core of our intelligent life. From the endocrinal means by which our organs communicate to the instantaneous decision-making prompted by external phenomena, our bodies are able to perform intelligent computations that we either overlook or wrongly attribute to our brains. Embodied intelligence is one of the most exciting areas in contemporary philosophy and neuropsychology, and Claxton shows how the privilege given to cerebral thinking has taken a toll on modern society, resulting in too much screen time, the diminishment of skilled craftsmanship, and an overvaluing of white-collar over blue-collar labor. Discussing techniques that will help us reconnect with our bodies, Claxton shows how an appreciation of the body’s intelligence will enrich all our lives.
Note:
Includes index.
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1 Limbering up: An introduction -- 2 A brief history of anti-bodies -- The mind -- The mind's I -- Disembodied psychology -- 3 Bodies what are we made of? -- You are a bunch of cells -- You are a form of motion -- You are a flexible cage -- You are your organs -- You are biochemical soup -- You are a CADS -- 4 Why the body needs a brain -- Skin -- Needs, Deeds and See'ds -- Why you have a brain -- The interwoven brain -- Anticipation -- 5 How brain and body talk to each other -- Moots and loops -- Chemical communication -- How the brain maps the body -- Where it all comes together -- Two ways of moving: two ways of perceiving -- Cognitive control -- 6 Emotions and feelings -- What emotions are for -- Basic emotional modes -- The complexification of emotion -- Emotional control and inhibition -- Crying: a case in point -- Emotion and cognition -- 7 The embodied mind -- The mental distillery -- Language -- Metaphor -- Body talk -- How the body affects thinking -- Mathematics -- Creativity and imagination -- 8 The welling up of consciousness -- Metaphors for consciousness -- The welling up of gesture and thought -- Espaliered experience -- Habits of attention -- The emergence of consciousness -- When is consciousness? -- I wells up too -- 9 The augmented body -- My-space -- Distributed cognition -- Person plus -- Social resonance -- The origins of resonance -- 10 Craftiness and expertise -- Intelligence in the making -- Working knowledge -- The limitations of intellect -- Learning -- 11 Rehab how can i get my body back? -- Interoceptive awareness -- Biofeedback -- Mindfulness meditation -- Focusing -- Exercise and movement -- 12 The embodied life self, spirit and society -- Embodied lifestyle -- Education -- Politics and law -- Medicine -- Screens and the body -- A new materialism -- Real-world intelligence -- Last word.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-300-20882-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780300215977 (ebk)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780300208825
Language:
English
DOI:
10.12987/9780300215977
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