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A Mosquito Bite Against the Enactive Approach to Bodily Experiences

Author(s) -

Frédérique de Vignemont

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

the journal of philosophy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.927

H-Index - 50

eISSN - 1939-8549

pISSN - 0022-362X

DOI - 10.5840/jphil2011108411

Subject(s) - consciousness , perception , psychology , epistemology , cognitive science , face (sociological concept) , cognitive psychology , sociology , philosophy , social science

The enactive approach aims at providing a unified account of perceptual experiences in terms of bodily activities. Most enactive arguments come from the analysis of visual experiences (Noe, 2004), but there is one domain of consciousness where the enactive theses seem to be less controversial, namely, bodily experiences. After drawing the agenda for an enactive view of tactile experiences, I shall highlight the difficulties that it has to face, both conceptual and empirical.

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