Kinaesthesia in the Psychology, Philosophy and Culture of Human Experience

This accessible book explores the nature and importance of kinaesthesia, considering how action, agency and movement intertwine and are fundamental in feeling embodied in the world.

Autorentext

Roger Smith is Emeritus Reader in History of Science at Lancaster University, UK.

Inhalt

Preface

List of illustrations

Part 1. First movement: theme and variations

1. Being alive

2. What is the sense of movement?

3. Kinaesthesia appears on the map of science

Part 2. Second movement: andante

4. The feel for reality

5. Phenomenology and embodiment

6. Movement and time

Part 3. Third movement: minuet and trio

7. Free dance

8. Walking

9. The dance of life

Part 4. Fourth movement: allegro

10. Gesture

11 .Agency

12. Finale con brio

References and selected reading

Index