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Body-extension versus body-incorporation

is there a need for a body-model?

Helena De PreesterManos Tsakiris

pp. 307-319

Abstrakt

This paper investigates the role of a pre-existing body-model that is an enabling constraint for the incorporation of objects into the body. This body-model is also a basis for the distinction between body extensions (e.g., in the case of tool-use) and incorporation (e.g., in the case of successful prosthesis use). It is argued that, in the case of incorporation, changes in the sense of body-ownership involve a reorganization of the body-model, whereas extension of the body with tools does not involve changes in the sense of body-ownership.

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Legrand Dorothée, Grünbaum Thor, Krueger Joel (2009) Dimensions of bodily subjectivity. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 8 (3).

Seiten: 307-319

DOI: 10.1007/s11097-009-9121-y

Referenz:

De Preester Helena, Tsakiris Manos (2009) „Body-extension versus body-incorporation: is there a need for a body-model?“. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 8 (3), 307–319.