Phantom Body As Bodily Self-Consciousness

• Authors: Przemysław Nowakowski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In the article, I propose that the body phantom is a phenomenal and functional model of one’s own body. This model has two aspects. On the one hand, it functions as a tacit sensory representation of the body that is at the same time related to the motor aspects of body functioning. On the other hand, it also has a phenomenal aspect as it constitutes the content of conscious bodily experience. This sort of tacit, functional and sensory model is related to the spatial parameters of the physical body. In the article, I postulate that this functional model or map is of crucial importance to the felt ownership parameters of the body (de Vignemont 2007), which are themselves considered as constituting the phenomenal aspect of the aforementioned model.

Keywords

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BODY; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; EXPERIENCE; PHANTOM; SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS

• Publisher: Ośrodek Badań Filozoficznych - Centre for Philosophical Research
• Journal: Avant
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 135-149

Contributors

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Przemysław Nowakowski

• Institute of Philosophy Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland Ul. Fosa Staromiejska 1a 87-100 Toruń, Poland