Embodied Mind, Meaning, and Reason h ow o u r B o d i e s G i v e r i s e to understanding

Introduction: Bringing the Body to Mind 1 

1 Cognitive Science and Dewey’s Theory of Mind, Thought, 

and Language 37 

2 Cowboy Bill Rides Herd on the Range of Consciousness 57 

3 We Are Live Creatures: Embodiment, American Pragmatism, 

and the Cognitive Organism 67 

Mark Johnson and tiM rohrer 

4 The Meaning of the Body 98 

5 The Philosophical Signiicance of Image Schemas 123 

6 Action, Embodied Meaning, and Thought 142 

7 Knowing through the Body 166 

8 Embodied Realism and Truth Incarnate 190 

9 Why the Body Matters 220 

Acknowledgments 229 

Notes 231 

References 235 

Index 247