Embodied Minds in Action

Ranked #52 in Philosopher

In Embodied Minds in Action, Robert Hanna and Michelle Maiese work out a unified treatment of three fundamental philosophical problems: the mind-body problem, the problem of mental causation, and the problem of action. This unified treatment rests on two basic claims. The first is that conscious, intentional minds like ours are essentially embodied. This entails that our minds are necessarily spread throughout our living, organismic bodies and belong to their complete neurobiological constitution. So minds like ours are necessarily alive. The second claim is that essentially... more

Similar Books

If you like Embodied Minds in Action, check out these similar top-rated books:


Learn: What makes Shortform summaries the best in the world?