The Phenomenology of the Body Schema and Contemporary Dance Practice: The Example of Gaga

A concise introduction to 4E cognition, the idea that the mind is embodied, embedded, extended and enactive, by one of the leading phenomenologists working today. It contrasts these views with classic cognitivism and ends with practical applications.

Shaun Gallagher

Explains the lived body from Husserl to Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception, and how bodies share a world with other bodies.

Dermot Moran

A clear introduction to Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception and its idea of the body as subject, placed against Husserl and against scientific realism.

Russell Keat

Separates what holds up and what does not in Merleau-Ponty's account of bodily awareness, using the evidence of experimental cognitive science.

José Luis Bermúdez

Proposes a model of how we experience the space of our own body, combining bottom-up sensation with top-down body representation.

Tony Cheng and Patrick Haggard