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Towards an interdisciplinary theory of embodied cognition

In this thesis, the author explores the connections between developments in the fields
of neuroscience and neuropsychology and the theoretical study of embodiment in
political and literary theory. Through examination of the development of neuroscience
and its interactions with theoretical approaches to embodiment, the author argues that the
current approach to interdisciplinary work in the area is limited by entrenched
disciplinary boundaries. Examining how these disciplinary boundaries limit the scope of
the study of cognition and embodiment presents the necessity of a new approach. Based
in the work of Elizabeth A. Wilson and David Wills, the author presents a new approach,
the embodied cognitive approach, as an alternative interdisciplinary approach. / Graduate / 0615

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:uvic.ca/oai:dspace.library.uvic.ca:1828/5181
Date14 February 2014
CreatorsMckall, Terence
ContributorsKroker, Arthur, Ross, Stephen
Source SetsUniversity of Victoria
LanguageEnglish, English
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
RightsAvailable to the World Wide Web

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