The apparent truth of dualism and the uncanny body |
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Authors: | Stephen Burwood |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Philosophy, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull, HU6 7RX, UK |
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Abstract: | It has been suggested that our experiences of embodiment in general appear to constitute an experiential ground for dualist
philosophy and that this is particularly so with experiences of dissociation, in which one feels estranged from one’s body.
Thus, Drew Leder argues that these play “a crucial role in encouraging and supporting Cartesian dualism” as they “seem to
support the doctrine of an immaterial mind trapped inside an alien body”. In this paper I argue that as dualism does not capture
the character of such experiences there is not even an apparent separation of self and body revealed here and that one’s body
is experienced as uncanny rather than alien. The general relationship between our philosophical theorizing and the phenomenology
of lived experience is also considered.
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Keywords: | Body Dissociation Objectification Uncanny Leder Zaner Fanon |
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