The five senses : a philosophy of mingled bodies / Michel Serres ; translated by Margaret Sankey and Peter Cowley.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Athlone contemporary European thinkersPublication details: London : Continuum, 2008Description: 352 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780826459848 (hbk.) :; 0826459846 (hbk.) :; 9780826459855 (pbk.) :; 0826459854 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Perception (Philosophy) | PhenomenologyDDC classification: 128.3 Summary: Exploring the deleterious effects of the systematic downgrading of the systems in Western philosophy, Michel Serres traces a topology of human perception. Writing against the Cartesian tradition and in praise of empiricism, he demonstrates the sterility of systems of knowledge divorced from bodily experience.
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Exploring the deleterious effects of the systematic downgrading of the systems in Western philosophy, Michel Serres traces a topology of human perception. Writing against the Cartesian tradition and in praise of empiricism, he demonstrates the sterility of systems of knowledge divorced from bodily experience.
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Translated from the French.
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