Dr Stephen Burwood S.A.Burwood@hull.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
It has been suggested that our experiences of embodiment in general appear to constitute an experiential ground for dualist philosophy and that this is particularly so with experiences of dissociation, in which one feels estranged from one's body. Thus, Drew Leder argues that these play "a crucial role in encouraging and supporting Cartesian dualism" as they " seem to support the doctrine of an immaterial mind trapped inside an alien body". In this paper I argue that as dualism does not capture the character of such experiences there is not even an apparent separation of self and body revealed here and that one's body is experienced as uncanny rather than alien. The general relationship between our philosophical theorizing and the phenomenology of lived experience is also considered.
Burwood, S. (2008). The apparent truth of dualism and the uncanny body. Phenomenology and the cognitive sciences, 7(2), 263-278. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11097-007-9073-z
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Online Publication Date | Oct 9, 2007 |
Publication Date | Jun 1, 2008 |
Deposit Date | Nov 13, 2014 |
Journal | Phenomenology And The Cognitive Sciences |
Print ISSN | 1568-7759 |
Publisher | Springer Verlag |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 7 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 263-278 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11097-007-9073-z |
Keywords | Philosophy; Cognitive Neuroscience |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/461491 |
Publisher URL | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11097-007-9073-z |
Contract Date | Nov 13, 2014 |
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