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Floyd Merrell - Sensing Corporeally - 9780802037046 - V9780802037046
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Sensing Corporeally

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Description for Sensing Corporeally hardcover. Focusing on analogical sensing, rather than digital reasoning, Merrell argues that human sensation and cognition should be thought of in terms of continually changing signs that can be accounted for in terms of topological forms. Series: Toronto Studies in Semiotics & Communication. Num Pages: 400 pages, 28 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: GTE; JMAQ; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 695.

In Sensing Corporeally, Floyd Merrell argues that human sensation and cognition should be thought of in terms of continually changing signs that can be accounted for in terms of topological forms. Focusing on qualitative and analogical sensing, rather than quantitative and digital reasoning, Merrell begins by reflecting on the concept of consciousness as developed by neurologist Antonio Damasio, whose work in turn reflects Charles Peirce's conception of the sign. By expanding Peirce's notion of the sign in light of Damasio's work, as well as that of Oliver Sacks and the Argentine fabulist Jorge Luis Borges, Merrell demonstrates the importance of ... Read more

Merrell aims to overcome linear, mechanical thinking by underlining the role of the body and, in turn, the role of feeling and sensing, in the development of cognitive processes. Sensing Corporeally is thus a forceful and timely challenge to traditional models of human understanding.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Series
Toronto Studies in Semiotics & Communication
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9780802037046
SKU
V9780802037046
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About Floyd Merrell
Floyd Merrell is a Professor of Theory, Semiotics, Culture, and Latin American Literature in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Purdue University.

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