Varieties of incorporation: beyond the blind man's cane
Colombetti, G
Date: 20 September 2023
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Springer
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Abstract
The main topic of this chapter is the experience of incorporating objects into the sense of
self, specifically in the sense of being a bodily or corporeal self. It has long been observed
that using tools can lead to experiencing them no longer as external objects, but as
constitutive of the lived body. Specifically, discussions of ...
The main topic of this chapter is the experience of incorporating objects into the sense of
self, specifically in the sense of being a bodily or corporeal self. It has long been observed
that using tools can lead to experiencing them no longer as external objects, but as
constitutive of the lived body. Specifically, discussions of incorporation have focused on the
body schema. In this chapter I draw attention to the fact that we can also incorporate objects
in other ways because we experience ourselves as bodily not just in the sense implied by the
notion of body schema. Specifically, we can incorporate objects into the body image and into
the seen body. Importantly, these forms of incorporation are not mutually exclusive, but
usually coexist in experience.
Social and Political Sciences, Philosophy, and Anthropology
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
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