{"product_id":"the-philosophy-of-body-9781405108959","title":"The Philosophy of Body","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe body has often been neglected in favour of the mind by philosophers. However, interest is growing in the philosophical consequences of human embodiedness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis timely collection brings together new discussions of the body from seven leading contributors with a wide variety of philosophical outlooks. The papers address the role of the body in the concept of the self, in perceptions, intention and action, in Artificial Intelligence, in thinking about sex and gender, and in psychoanalytical thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere are also discussions on the treatment of the body in the pioneering works of the phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty and the American philosopher Samual Todes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe authors are Quassim Cassam, Max de Gaynesford, Alison Adam, Sean Kelly, Hubert Dreyfus, Iris Marion Young, and the former England cricket captain, Michael Brearley, who is now a practising psychotherapist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000805081324,"sku":"9781405108959","price":53.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/7286073482688.jpg?v=1763306277","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-philosophy-of-body-9781405108959","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}