Merleau-Ponty, Embodied Cognition and Enactivism
Between Phenomenology and the Life Sciences
$491.40
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2026
Summary
Drawing on Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenological work on embodiment and perception, Jack Reynolds develops a novel account of many of the recent debates in enactivism and embodied cognition, engaging specifically with the epistemological and metaphysical aspects of these views.
Reynolds sets out a Merleau-Ponty inspired view of enactive cognition, arguing that it presents the best overall explanation of both phenomenological considerations and a range of scientific evidence concerning life…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399539852 |
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| ISBN-10: | 139953985X |
| Author: | Jack Reynolds |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Imprint: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
| Series: | Intersections in Continental and Analytic Philosophy |
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About The Author
Jack Reynolds
Jack Reynolds is Professor of Philosophy at Deakin University, Australia. He is a Member of the ARC College of Experts and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA).
His research has been supported by Australian Research Council grants and an NHMRC Ideas grant (2025-27) on Tourette’s Syndrome.
He is the author of several other books, including:
- Phenomenology, Naturalism, and Science: A Hybrid and Heretical Proposal (2018)
- Analytic versus Continental: Arguments on the Methods and Value of Philosophy (2010, with James Chase)
His recent work has become more interdisciplinary in nature, while continuing to address philosophical and empirical issues concerning embodiment, temporality, and social cognition, including their variability.
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