The five senses : a philosophy of mingled bodies (I) / / Michel Serres ; translated by Margaret Sankey and Peter Cowley
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| Autore: |
Serres Michel
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| Titolo: |
The five senses : a philosophy of mingled bodies (I) / / Michel Serres ; translated by Margaret Sankey and Peter Cowley
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| Pubblicazione: | London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2009 |
| ©2009 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (363 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 128/.3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Perception (Philosophy) |
| Phenomenology | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | SankeyMargaret |
| CowleyPeter | |
| Note generali: | Includes indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Veils -- Boxes -- Tables -- Visit -- Joy. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Marginalized by the scientific age with its metaphysical and philosophical systems, the lessons of the senses have been overtaken by the dominance of language and the information revolution. . Exploring the deleterious effects of the systematic downgrading of the senses in Western philosophy, Michel Serres GÇö member of the Académie française and one of France's leading philosophers GÇö traces a topology of human perception. Writing against the Cartesian tradition and in praise of empiricism, he demonstrates repeatedly, and lyrically, the sterility of systems of knowledge divorced from bodily |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The five senses |
| ISBN: | 1-282-87351-2 |
| 9786612873515 | |
| 1-4411-2220-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814603103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers