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Meaning of the Body : Aesthetics of Human Understanding by Mark Johnson (2008, Trade Paperback)

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Authors : Johnson, Mark. Publisher : University of Chicago Press.

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PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press

ISBN-100226401936

ISBN-139780226401935

eBay Product ID (ePID)66250789

Product Key Features

Number of Pages328 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameMeaning of the Body : Aesthetics of Human Understanding

SubjectMind & Body, Life Sciences / Neuroscience, Language, Aesthetics

Publication Year2008

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPhilosophy, Science

AuthorMark Johnson

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1.5 in

Item Weight18.1 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition22

TitleLeadingThe

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal121/.68

Table Of ContentContents Preface: The Need for an Aesthetics of Human Meaning Acknowledgments Introduction: Meaning Is More than Words and Deeper than Concepts Part I: Bodily Meaning and Felt Sense 1 The Movement of Life 2 Big Babies 3 "Since Feeling Is First": Emotional Dimensions of Meaning 4 The Grounding of Meaning in the Qualities of Life 5 Feeling William James's "But": The Aesthetics of Reasoning and Logic Part II: Embodied Meaning and the Sciences of Mind 6 The Origin of Meaning in Organism-Environment Coupling: A Nonrepresentational View of Mind 7 The Corporeal Roots of Symbolic Meaning 8 The Brain's Role in Meaning 9 From Embodied Meaning to Abstract Thought Part III: Embodied Meaning, Aesthetics, and Art 10 Art as an Exemplar of Meaning-Making 11 Music and the Flow of Meaning 12 The Meaning of the Body References Index

SynopsisA groundbreaking new way of thinking about how we generate meaning through our bodies and our phsyical encounters with the world In The Meaning of the Body , Mark Johnson continues his pioneering work on the exciting connections between cognitive science, language, and meaning first begun in the classic Metaphors We Live By . Johnson uses recent research into infant psychology to show how the body generates meaning even before self-consciousness has fully developed. From there he turns to cognitive neuroscience to further explore the bodily origins of meaning, thought, and language and examines the many dimensions of meaning--including images, qualities, emotions, and metaphors--that are all rooted in the body's physical encounters with the world. Drawing on the psychology of art and pragmatist philosophy, Johnson argues that all of these aspects of meaning-making are fundamentally aesthetic. He concludes that the arts are the culmination of human attempts to find meaning and that studying the aesthetic dimensions of our experience is crucial to unlocking meaning's bodily sources. Throughout, Johnson puts forth a bold new conception of the mind rooted in the understanding that philosophy will matter to nonphilosophers only if it is built on a visceral connection to the world., In The Meaning of the Body , Mark Johnson continues his pioneering work on the exciting connections between cognitive science, language, and meaning first begun in the classic Metaphors We Live By . Johnson uses recent research into infant psychology to show how the body generates meaning even before self-consciousness has fully developed. From there he turns to cognitive neuroscience to further explore the bodily origins of meaning, thought, and language and examines the many dimensions of meaning--including images, qualities, emotions, and metaphors--that are all rooted in the body's physical encounters with the world. Drawing on the psychology of art and pragmatist philosophy, Johnson argues that all of these aspects of meaning-making are fundamentally aesthetic. He concludes that the arts are the culmination of human attempts to find meaning and that studying the aesthetic dimensions of our experience is crucial to unlocking meaning's bodily sources. Throughout, Johnson puts forth a bold new conception of the mind rooted in the understanding that philosophy will matter to nonphilosophers only if it is built on a visceral connection to the world. "Mark Johnson demonstrates that the aesthetic and emotional aspects of meaning are fundamental--central to conceptual meaning and reason, and that the arts show meaning-making in its fullest realization. If you were raised with the idea that art and emotion were external to ideas and reason, you must read this book. It grounds philosophy in our most visceral experience."--George Lakoff, author of Moral Politics

LC Classification NumberB105.M4