Zombies and Muscle Memory: Rethinking Somatic Consciousness and the Mind-Body Problem

• Authors: Hyijin Lee
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this paper I am going to argue on the existence of somatic consciousness, which has a special importance in resolving the mind-body problem. The discussion will include such issues as the range of somatic consciousness and the possibility of improving such an idea not only by interdisciplinary scientific studies but also through contemporary analytic philosophy of mind.

Keywords

EN

consciousness; somaesthetics; mind-body problem; muscle memory; zombie

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Human Movement
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 196-202

Dates

published

1 - 6 - 2011

online

21 - 6 - 2011

Contributors

author

Hyijin Lee

• Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology (Aesthetics), University of Tokyo, Japan

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10038-011-0019-5