embodied-cognition
The creature's knowledge of its environment is deeply rooted in bodily sensations and echo-mapping, highlighting a form of cognition inseparable from physical being.
2 chapters across 2 books
The Jonah Kit (2014)Hans Magnus Enzensberger
The chapter presents a richly metaphorical and sensory experience of a creature—partly resembling a sea animal—navigating a surreal underwater mountain range. It explores the creature's mental struggle to reconcile metaphorical language with its lived reality, its embodied interaction with the sea, and a haunting sense of memory and ghostly presence. The narrative blurs boundaries between physical sensation, cognition, and existential reflection, emphasizing the creature's intimate yet alien relationship with its environment.
Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis (2009)Jeremy Rifkin
Chapter 5 critically examines the evolution of human self-understanding from the Middle Ages through modernity, highlighting the shift from a faith-based to a reason-based worldview epitomized by Descartes’ cogito. It challenges the Cartesian separation of reason and emotion by drawing on contemporary neuroscience and philosophy, emphasizing the embodied and plural nature of the self. The chapter also explores the implications of these shifts for rethinking human progress, empathy, and moral consciousness in the context of global crises.