Samuel Todes

American philosopher and phenomenologist best known for work on embodiment and spatiality; author of the posthumously published book "Body and World."

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  1. 1. Body And World

    A phenomenological account of how our embodied, goal-directed movement discloses the world, arguing that perception, action and spatial understanding are rooted in the living body rather than in a detached mind or objectified space; the book develops the idea of motor intentionality and shows how skillful, prereflective coping and self-moving activity constitute a practical, lived world that differs from objective, scientific space, thereby challenging Cartesian mind–body dualism and illuminating how meaning, possibility and worldhood arise through bodily engagement.

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