Dynamic Embodiment – A Non-Anthropocentric Approach (original) (raw)

In this paper I will discuss the concept of embodiment as a constituent of cognition. The main question to tackle will be whether the renaissance of the body in philosophy cognitive sciences represents an anthropocentrism. Is the accentuation of the body problematic because it imposes pre-established categories of the human body as necessity for cognition? I will argue for a concept of the body that does not center on the human form. The central feature of embodied cognition is in analogy to the functional architecture of the brain its plasticity. In my talk I will focus on the potential of corporeality as an open and dynamic concept. I thereby hope to contribute to the ongoing discussion of key-concepts in the project such as performance, agency and the search for non-dualistic concepts.