Embodied Selves and Divided Minds

Michelle Maiese

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Embodied Selves and Divided Minds

Michelle Maiese

ISBN:	9780199689231
Binding:	Paperback
Published:	19 Nov 2015
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Series:	International Persp Philos & Psychiatry

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Embodied Selves and Divided Minds examines how research in embodied cognition and enactivism can contribute to our understanding of the nature of self-consciousness, the metaphysics of personal identity, and the disruptions to self-awareness that occur in case of psychopathology. The book reveals how a critical dialogue between Philosophy and Psychiatry can lead to a better understanding of important issues surrounding self-consciousness, personal identity, and psychopathology.

1: Embodiment, Enactivism, and Affectivity
2: Essentially Embodied Selves
3: Minded Animals and Personal Identity
4: Schizophrenia and the Loss of Self
5: Dissociative Identity Disorder and the Fragmentation of the Self
6: Body-Oriented Therapy

Authors

Michelle Maiese , Associate Professor of Philosophy, Emmanuel College, USA

Michelle Maiese is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Emmanuel College in Boston, Massachusetts. She earned her B.A. in Philosophy and English Literature from Northwestern University and her Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Maiese's research focuses on issues in philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychiatry, and the emotions. In particular, she is interested in embodied cognition, enactivism, the integration of emotion and cognition, and the nature of psychopathology. Her previous books include Embodied Minds in Action (co-authored with Robert Hanna, 2009) and Embodiment, Emotion and Cognition (2011).