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Experience Embodied - Early Modern Accounts of the Human Place in Nature (Hardcover)
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Experience Embodied - Early Modern Accounts of the Human Place in Nature (Hardcover)
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Anik Waldow develops an account of embodied experience that extends
from Descartes' conception of the human body as firmly integrated
into the causal play of nature, to Kant's understanding of
anthropology as a discipline that provides us with guidance in our
lives as embodied creatures. Waldow defends the claim that during
the early modern period, the debate on experience not only focused
on questions arising from the subjectivity of our thinking and
feeling, it also foregrounded the essentially embodied dimension of
our lives as humans. By taking this approach, Waldow departs from
the traditional epistemological route dominant in treatments of
early-modern conceptions of experience. She makes the case that
reflections on experience took center stage in a debate that was
moral in nature, because it raised questions about the
developmental potential of human beings and their capacity to
instantiate the principles of self-determined agency in their
lives. These questions emerged for many early modern authors since
they understood that the fact that humans are embodied entailed
that they are similarly responsive and causally-determined like
other non-human animals. While this perspective made it possible to
acknowledge that humans are part of the causal dynamics of nature,
it called into question their ability to act in accordance with the
principles of free, rational agency. Experience Embodied reveals
how early modern authors responded to this challenge, offering a
new perspective on the centrality of the concept of experience in
comprehending the uniquely human place in nature.
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