Embodied Mind and Neural Underpinnings of the Aesthetic Experience. A Case Study from the German Eighteenth Century: 4E Cognition Theories Forecasted by Johann Gottfried Herder
Global Journal of Medical Research May 7, 2021 DOI: 10.34257/gjmravol21is2pg13 via Semantic Scholar
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractIdeas from the bio-cultural turn and embodied cognition, prominent in contemporary theory, were anticipated in late 18th-century German debates across anthropology, philosophy, physiology, and science. Johann Gottfried Herder, a philosopher and theologian, significantly contributed to this discourse by offering new perspectives on the connections among thought, language, and the body. This paper highlights core issues in Herder's work on knowledge, perception, and cognition that appear to foreshadow key concepts in modern 4E Cognition (embodied, embedded, enactive, and extended cognition).
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Case report Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Sociology Philosophy Art |
| Citations | 2 |
| Key finding | Johann Gottfried Herder's 18th-century writings on knowledge, perception, and cognition anticipate core ideas of contemporary 4E Cognition theory. |
Abstract
Recent theories within the avenue of the bio-cultural turn, and particularly about embodied cognition are forecasted in the anthropological, philosophical, physiological and scientific debate of the late 18th century in Germany. Philosopher and theologian Johann Gottfried Herder contributed to this discourse sigificantly, opening up new perspectives on the link among thought and language and body. In this paper we aim at highlighting some core issues of Herders’s discourse about knowledge, perception and cognition, that seem to anticipate some of the most recent 4E Cognition issues.