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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Embodied Cognition
  • Philosophy of Mind

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  • Traditional Western thought views understanding as purely intellectual and abstract.
  • This intellectualist view contrasts with findings from cognitive science.
  • Meaning-making and experience are not solely cognitive operations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a psychologically realistic model of understanding.
  • To highlight the role of embodiment in conceptualization and reasoning.
  • To challenge the purely intellectualist conception of understanding.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesizing research from cognitive science and mind sciences.
  • Analyzing the role of sensory, motor, and affective processes.
  • Examining organism-environment interactions and emotional responses.

Main Results:

  • Understanding is fundamentally embodied, integrating sensory, motor, and affective systems.
  • Conceptualization and reasoning recruit bodily states and processes.
  • Embodied understanding involves continuous interaction with the physical and cultural environment.

Conclusions:

  • A realistic account of understanding must incorporate embodiment.
  • Embodied understanding is a basic mode of being and engaging with the world.
  • Understanding is a visceral, not just a propositional, activity.