Knowing without Thinking

Mind, Action, Cognition and the Phenomenon of the Background

  • Zdravko Radman
Book

Part of the New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science book series (NDPCS)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introductory Essay: The Mystery of the Background qua Background

    1. Introductory Essay: The Mystery of the Background qua Background
      Hubert L. Dreyfus
      Pages 1-10

  3. Themes from Dreyfus and Searle

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 11-11
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    2. Ground-Level Intelligence: Action-Oriented Representation and the Dynamics of the Background
      Massimiliano Cappuccio, Michael Wheeler
      Pages 13-36
    3. Exposing the Background: Deep and Local
      Daniel D. Hutto
      Pages 37-56
    4. The Background as Intentional, Conscious, and Nonconceptual
      Michael Schmitz
      Pages 57-82
    5. Social Cognition, the Chinese Room, and the Robot Replies
      Shaun Gallagher
      Pages 83-97
    6. Contesting John Searle’s Social Ontology: Institutions and Background
      Joseph Margolis
      Pages 98-115
    7. Music and the Background
      Daniel A. Schmicking
      Pages 116-138

  4. The Further Unfolding of the Phenomenon

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 139-139
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    2. Implicit Precision
      Eugene T. Gendlin
      Pages 141-166
    3. Enkinaesthesia: The Essential Sensuous Background for Co-Agency
      Susan A. J. Stuart
      Pages 167-186
    4. Steps Entailed in Foregrounding the Background: Taking the Challenge of Languaging Experience Seriously
      Maxine Sheets-Johnstone
      Pages 187-205
    5. The Body as Background: Pragmatism and Somaesthetics
      Richard Shusterman
      Pages 206-223
    6. The Background: A Tool of Potentiality
      Zdravko Radman
      Pages 224-242
    7. Embodied Technology as Implicit Background of Modern Civilization
      Klaus Mainzer
      Pages 243-251
  5. Back Matter
    Pages 253-256
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About this book

Introduction

A volume devoted explicitly to the subtle and multidimensional phenomenon of background knowing that has to be recognized as an important element of the triad mind-body-world. The essays are inspired by seminal works on the topic by Searle and Dreyfus, but also make significant contribution in bringing the discussion beyond the classical confines.

Keywords

body Chinese cognition concept corpus dynamics essay experience intention John Rogers Searle knowledge music Orient pragmatism robot

Editors and affiliations

  • Zdravko Radman
    • 1
  1. 1.Institute of Philosophy, ZagrebUniversity of SplitCroatia

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