Abstract
This paper addresses the question of whether awareness of the spatial properties of our body is achieved through bodily sensations. We begin by analyzing our current understanding of the spatial dimension of bodily sensations. The notion of non-observational knowledge is introduced as the main objection to the idea that bodily sensations are the means by which we are aware of any spatial property of our body. We discuss two important philosophical criticisms of such a notion, as well as a series of empirical findings that could be interpreted as objections. We finish by considering an alternative explanation of our awareness of the spatial properties of our body.
Highlights
Keywords Palabras claveSensation; bodily awareness; spatial awareness; non-observational knowledge
Our Immediate Awareness of Spatial Aspects of Our BodyIn everyday life, we are immediately aware of a variety of spatial details about our body
A first problem with endorsing the primacy claim is that it presents awareness of bodily sensations as explanatory of awareness of any spatial aspect of our bodies, as if the nature of the former were sufficiently clear to see the way it entails the latter
Summary
Sensation; bodily awareness; spatial awareness; non-observational knowledge. Sensaciones corporales; conciencia corporal; conciencia espacial; conocimiento no-observacional. Año 21 No 37, julio – diciembre 2020. 15 - 35 ISSN 0124-6127 (Impreso), ISSN 2462-9596 (En línea) Año 21 No 37, julio – diciembre 2020. pp. 15 - 35 ISSN 0124-6127 (Impreso), ISSN 2462-9596 (En línea)
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