Practicing Embodied Thinking in Research and Learning

Donata Schoeller

ISBN 10: 1032503181 / ISBN 13: 9781032503189

Published by Routledge, 2025

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book delves into the embodied ground of thinking, illuminating the transition from theorizing about the embodied mind to actively practicing embodied thinking in research, teaching and learning. The authors speak from immersing themselves in novel methods that engage the felt, experiential dimensions of cognition in inquiry.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Practicing Embodied Thinking in Research and Learning
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032503181
• ISBN 13: 9781032503189
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 156H x 14D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 156 millimeters height by 14 millimeters depth
• Weight: 383 grams

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Synopsis

This book delves into the embodied ground of thinking, illuminating the transition from theorising about the embodied mind to actively practising embodied thinking in research, teaching, and learning. The authors speak from immersing themselves in novel methods that engage the felt, experiential dimensions of cognition in inquiry.

The turn to embodiment has sparked the development of new methodologies within phenomenology, pragmatism, and cognitive science. Drawing on Eugene Gendlin’s philosophical work on felt understanding, and Francesco Varela’s enactivist approach, contributors explore innovative embodied thinking methods such as Focusing, Thinking at the Edge, micro-phenomenology, and mindfulness practices. They demonstrate the practical applications of these methods in research, teaching, and learning, highlighting their liberating and empowering potential for researchers and students. In an age marked by information overload and societal polarisation, methods of embodied thinking provide an innovative edge to critique, complementing more traditional approaches to critical thinking with listening skills and reflexive care.

This book shows how heeding the essential, yet often overlooked, embodied grounds of critical and creative thinking can deepen and strengthen each of research, teaching, and learning. It will interest philosophers of education and educators in higher education in particular, as well as researchers and postgraduate students from philosophy, and the cognitive and social sciences, who are curious about how embodied thinking can enrich research, teaching, and learning.

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

About the Author

Donata Schoeller is Research Professor, Philosophy, University of Iceland, Iceland.

Sigridur Thorgeirsdottir is Professor of Philosophy, University of Iceland, Iceland.

Greg Walkerden is Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Macquarie School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University, Australia.