Sensorimotor subjectivity and the enactive approach to experience

Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 407-427

  Thompson, Evan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enactive cognitive science; Self; Sensorimotor; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744772591     PISSN: 15687759     EISSN: 15728676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11097-005-9003-x     Document Type: Review

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