SARTRE ON BODILY TRANSPARENCY

SARTRE ON BODILY TRANSPARENCY

Abstract Sartre’s obscure but evocative remarks on bodily awareness have often been cited, but, I argue, they have rarely been understood. This paper aims to bring the connection between Sartre's views on bodily awareness and his more general distinction between “positional” and “non-positional...

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Main Author: MATTHEW BOYLE
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Series:Manuscrito
Subjects:
Self-Knowledge
Self-Consciousness
Bodily Awareness
Sartre
Mind-Body Problem
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-60452018000400033&lng=en&tlng=en
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spelling doaj-dd1e93acbaa249788920fdda210365342020-11-25T00:38:32ZengUniversidade Estadual de CampinasManuscrito2317-630X414337010.1590/0100-6045.2018.v41n4.mbS0100-60452018000400033SARTRE ON BODILY TRANSPARENCYMATTHEW BOYLEAbstract Sartre’s obscure but evocative remarks on bodily awareness have often been cited, but, I argue, they have rarely been understood. This paper aims to bring the connection between Sartre's views on bodily awareness and his more general distinction between “positional” and “non-positional” consciousness. Sartre’s main claim about bodily awareness, I argue, is that our primary awareness of our own bodies is a form of non-positional consciousness. I show that he is right about this, and right to think that recognizing this point is crucial to understanding what it is for something to be my body.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-60452018000400033&lng=en&tlng=enSelf-KnowledgeSelf-ConsciousnessBodily AwarenessSartreMind-Body Problem
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Self-Knowledge
Self-Consciousness
Bodily Awareness
Sartre
Mind-Body Problem
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description Abstract Sartre’s obscure but evocative remarks on bodily awareness have often been cited, but, I argue, they have rarely been understood. This paper aims to bring the connection between Sartre's views on bodily awareness and his more general distinction between “positional” and “non-positional” consciousness. Sartre’s main claim about bodily awareness, I argue, is that our primary awareness of our own bodies is a form of non-positional consciousness. I show that he is right about this, and right to think that recognizing this point is crucial to understanding what it is for something to be my body.
topic Self-Knowledge
Self-Consciousness
Bodily Awareness
Sartre
Mind-Body Problem
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