Beginning with the view that human consciousness is essentially embodied and that the way we consciously experience the world is structured by our bodily dynamics and surroundings, the book argues that emotions are a fundamental manifestation of our embodiment, and play a crucial role in self-consciousness, moral evaluation, and social cognition.

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Emmanuel College, Boston, USA

Michelle Maiese

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MICHELLE MAIESE Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Emmanuel College, Boston USA. Her research in philosophy of mind and psychology focuses on action, emotion, and the nature of psychological disorder. Her first book, co-authored with Robert Hanna, is entitled Embodied Minds in Action.

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Book Title: Embodiment, Emotion, and Cognition
Authors: Michelle Maiese
Series Title: New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230297715
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-57697-1Published: 21 December 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-36679-8Published: 01 January 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-29771-5Published: 21 December 2010
Series ISSN: 2946-2959
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2967
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 260
Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Psychology, Popular Science, general, Psychiatry, Emotion

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