ABSTRACT
For instance, the emergence of embodied cognition as a new area of research in the literature has demonstrated that it has much to offer education. One discipline area that has a long history of making a rich and meaningful contribution to our understanding of the body and embodiment is the philosophical tradition, in particular, the continental philosophical tradition of phenomenology. Indeed, there is much that can be gained from reading the primary texts of Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, and others from this tradition. Due to the positive contribution phenomenology has made, it is worth briefly sketching out the constitutive significance of embodiment. A useful starting point is the body. To Husserl, there are two ways we can understand the givenness of the lived-body: immediately in self-manifestation (lived-body interiority) and via a mediated fashion that refers back to self-manifestation (lived-body exteriority). The chapter also provides an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.
