Merleau-Ponty and the Phenomenology of the Body

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

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

Uses the phenomenology of the body schema to understand the Gaga movement language in contemporary dance.

Anna Petronella Foultier