The Bodily Dimension in Thinking
The Bodily Dimension in Thinking by Daniela Vallega-Neu, published by SUNY Press on September 29, 2005, is a philosophical exploration that delves into the relationship between the body and thought. In this 158-page work, Vallega-Neu examines the ontological significance of bodily experience in relation to thinking, engaging with six influential figures in Western philosophy, including Plato, Nietzsche, and Merleau-Ponty. The book presents a nuanced inquiry into how these philosophers conceptualize the interplay between the body and thought, challenging traditional mind-body duality.
Readers will find that Vallega-Neu employs a deconstructive and performative approach to reveal the bodily dimensions inherent in philosophical thought. By analyzing how these thinkers articulate the connection between bodily experience and cognition, she uncovers insights into our understanding of self and existence. The text invites reflection on how the trace of the body informs our identity and our relationship with the world, making it a significant contribution to discussions in philosophy and phenomenology.
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Daniela Vallega-Neu questions the ontological meaning of body and thinking by carefully taking into account how we come to experience thought bodily. She engages six prominent figures of the Western philosophical tradition—Plato, Nietzsche, Scheler, Merleau-Ponty, Heidegger, and Foucault—and considers how they understand thinking to occur in relation to the body as well as how their thinking is itself bodily. Through a deconstructive and performative reading, she explores how their thinking reveals a bodily dimension that is prior to what classical metaphysics comes to conceive as mind-body duality. Thus, Vallega-Neu uncovers the bodily dimension that sustains their thought and their work. As she contends, the trace of the body in our thought not only exposes the strangers we are to ourselves, but may also lead to a new understanding of how we come to be who we are in relation to the world we live in.
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