The first sense : a philosophical study of human touch /

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Fulkerson offers a philosophical account of human touch, one informed and constrained by empirical work on touch. He begins by arguing that human touch, despite its functional diversity, is a single, unified sensory modality. From there, he describes and argues for a novel, unifying role for explora...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fulkerson, Matthew, 1977-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Touch.
Senses and sensation.
Touch
Sensation
Toucher.
Sens et sensations.
touch.
PSYCHOLOGY > Physiological Psychology.
Senses and sensation
PHILOSOPHY/Philosophy of Mind/General
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 What Is Touch?
  • 2 The Unity of Human Touch
  • 3 Exploratory Action in Touch
  • 4 Touch and Bodily Awareness
  • 5 Tangible Qualities
  • 6 Distal Touch
  • 7 Pleasant Touch
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.

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