{"product_id":"the-meaning-of-the-body-aesthetics-of-human-understanding-9780226401928","title":"The Meaning of the Body: Aesthetics of Human Understanding","description":"\u003cp\u003eA groundbreaking new way of thinking about how we generate meaning through our bodies and our phsyical encounters with the world  In The Meaning of the Body  Mark Johnson continues his pioneering work on the exciting connections between cognitive science  language  and meaning first begun in the classic Metaphors We Live By. Johnson uses recent research into infant psychology to show how the body generates meaning even before self-consciousness has fully developed. From there he turns to cognitive neuroscience to further explore the bodily origins of meaning  thought  and language and examines the many dimensions of meaningincluding images  qualities  emotions  and metaphorsthat are all rooted in the bodys physical encounters with the world. Drawing on the psychology of art and pragmatist philosophy  Johnson argues that all of these aspects of meaning-making are fundamentally aesthetic. He concludes that the arts are the culmination of human attempts to find meaning and that studying the aesthetic dimensions of our experience is crucial to unlocking meanings bodily sources.  Throughout  Johnson puts forth a bold new conception of the mind rooted in the understanding that philosophy will matter to nonphilosophers only if it is built on a visceral connection to the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651897221173,"sku":"ByrdShop_0226401928","price":88.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780226401928.jpg?v=1781844363","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-meaning-of-the-body-aesthetics-of-human-understanding-9780226401928","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}