Thinking Matter

Thinking Matter is an original and provocative look at the nature of consciousness. While many contemporary philosophers have downplayed the significance of the body and subscribed to a brain/body dualism in human consciousness Joseph S. Catalano argues that it is the entire fleshy body that thinks; the body of the dancer the hands of the writer and the eyes of the reader are not merely instruments of thought but forms of thought itself. Calling for a thorough rethinking of philosophic traditions from Aristotle to Sartre Catalano offers a holistic view of the bodily nature of consciousness--one that focuses on the total organic body rather than the brain alone.