Overview
- Adopts a unique value perspective on a foundational issue in the study of mind-body relation
- Explores the ways in which rational, free agents have a special place in the causal order of mind
- Takes contextual relevance and interpersonal viewpoints to be vital components in the construction of mind
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Front Matter
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About this book
Different from traditional research on the mind-body problem often discussed from an epistemological viewpoint, which assumes that mental processes are internal to the person, this book demonstrates the crucial role of contextual relevance in the workings of the mind and illustrates how mind emerges from the individual's interactions with her physical, social, and cultural environments. It also develops the interpersonal and social aspects of embodied mind. The body that creates meaning is not only an emotional, kinesthetic, and aesthetically experiencing body; the body that creates meaning is a social body. It suggests that mind-body relations are not only achieved through the interaction between our own mind and body, but by other minds in our intersubjective interactions.
It is related to epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, value theory, action theory, and the philosophies of mind, science, logic, and technology.
The readership may include graduateand undergraduate students studying philosophy, law, political science, sociology, psychology, etc., educators, researchers, scholars, and anyone who shows an interest in philosophy.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Duoyi Fei is a professor and a doctoral supervisor at the Department of Philosophy in the School of Humanities of China University of Political Science and Law, and professor affiliated to the Institute of Foreign Philosophy at Peking University. Her research interests are in the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of science. She was selected into The National Ten Thousand Leading Talents Support Program (2021) and selected into Chang Jiang Scholars Program of the Ministry of Education of China (2017). She is also a distinguished professor of the Wenjin Lecture of the National Library of China and the standing director of the Chinese Society for Philosophy of Nature, Science and Technology.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Beyond the Brain
Book Subtitle: How the Mind and the Body Shape Each Other
Authors: Duoyi Fei
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9558-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-9557-6Published: 19 February 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-9560-6Published: 20 February 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-9558-3Published: 18 February 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 118
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science