Feminists never bought the idea of a mind set free from its body | Aeon Essays
by Sally Davies
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Feminists never bought the idea of a mind set free from its body | Aeon Essays
We in the West are used to thinking of the mind and the body as separate. But a burgeoning field called “embodied cognition” is demonstrating that thinking is actually a full-body experience.
from The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain by Annie Murphy Paul
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- Our mind is a contested bit of territory, with many people seeking to control what we call “the empire between your ears” in The Girl Who Would Be Free. Why? Because your brain, your attention, is valuable. People want you to think about certain things and not think about certain things–because it’s good for business, because it makes you easier to... See more
from Do You Dominate The Battlespace?
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