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Is perceiving bodily action?
Journal article   Peer reviewed

Is perceiving bodily action?

Kenneth Aizawa
Phenomenology and the cognitive sciences, Vol.18(5), pp.933-946
12/2019

Abstract

Phenomenology locked-in syndrome Total locked-in syndrome Neuromuscular blockade Philosophy of Mind Noƫ Paralysis Cognitive Psychology Gibson Philosophy
One of the boldest claims one finds in the enactivist and embodied cognition literature is that perceiving is bodily action (PBA). Research on the role of eye movements in vision have been thought to support PBA, whereas research on paralysis has been thought to pose no challenge to PBA. The present paper, however, will argue just the opposite. Eye movement research does not support PBA, whereas paralysis research presents a strong challenge that seems not to have been fully appreciated.

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