How the Body Shapes Knowledge 2/e Thomas Wosch it takes hold of our

it takes hold of our whole being and turns outward to befriend the Earth and the forces of life and death

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How the Body Shapes Knowledge 2/e Thomas Wosch it takes hold of ourIf you are leaning backwards in your chair, are you more likely to think about the past than the future? When you say that someone ""leaves me cold,"" do you literally feel cold? What role does the body play in our perceptions of the world? Is the mind calculating machine, or are our thoughts and emotions ""grounded"" in specific, felt, bodily experience? Questions like these have long driven research in embodied cognition, a theory of mental