Chamberlain, Colin;
(2019)
"The body I call 'mine' ": A sense of bodily ownership in Descartes.
European Journal of Philosophy
, 27
(1)
pp. 3-24.
10.1111/ejop.12397.
Preview |
Text
Chamberlain - Descartes on Bodily Ownership.pdf - Accepted Version Download (615kB) | Preview |
Abstract
How does Descartes characterize the peculiar way in which each of us is aware of our bodies? I argue that Descartes recognizes a sense of bodily ownership, such that the body sensorily appears to be one's own in bodily awareness. This sensory appearance of ownership is ubiquitous, for Descartes, in that bodily awareness always confers a sense of ownership. This appearance is confused, in so far as bodily awareness simultaneously represents the subject as identical to, partially composed by, and united to her body, without distinguishing these relations. Finally, the appearance of ownership is grounded in multiple other ways in which the body sensorily appears: Namely, in the fact that the body appears to be inescapable, modified by bodily sensations, and an object of special concern.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | "The body I call 'mine' ": A sense of bodily ownership in Descartes |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/ejop.12397 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/ejop.12397 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Descartes, sense of bodily ownership, embodiment, sensory perception, contents of perception |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Philosophy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10193972 |
Loading...
Loading...Loading...| 1. |  United States | 4 |
| 2. |  United Kingdom | 2 |
| 3. |  France | 2 |
| 4. |  Bahrain | 2 |
| 5. |  China | 2 |
| 6. |  Finland | 1 |
| 7. |  Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1 |
| 8. |  Russian Federation | 1 |
| 9. |  Taiwan | 1 |
| 10. |  Lebanon | 1 |
Archive Staff Only
 |
View Item |
