The Sense of Space

by Morris, David

• ISBN13: 9780791461846
• ISBN10: 079146184X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-05-08
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

"The Sense of Space brings together space and body to show that space is a plastic environment, charged with meaning, that reflects the distinctive character of human embodiment in the full range of its moving, perceptual, emotional, expressive, developmental, and social capacities. Drawing on the philosophies of Merleau-Ponty and Bergson, as well as contemporary psychology to develop a renewed account of the moving perceiving body the book suggests that our sense of space ultimately reflects our ethical relations to other people and to the places we inhabit."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

David Morris is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Trent University.

Table of Contents

Introduction : the problem of depth	p. 1
The moving schema of perception	p. 33
Developing the moving body	p. 53
The topology of expression	p. 81
Enveloping the body in depth	p. 107
Residing up and down on earth	p. 129
Growing space	p. 159
Conclusion : space, place, and ethics	p. 175
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