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If you think that intelligence emanates from the mind and that reasoning necessitates the suppression of emotion, you'd better think again - or rather not "think" at all. In his provocative new book, Guy Claxton draws on the latest findings in neuroscience and psychology to reveal how our bodies - long dismissed as mere conveyances - actually constitute the core of our intelligent life. From the endocrinal means by which our organs communicate to the instantaneous decision-making prompted by external phenomena, our bodies are able to perform intelligent computations that we either overlook or wrongly attribute to our brains. Embodied intelligence is one of the most exciting areas in contemporary philosophy and neuropsychology, and Claxton shows how the privilege given to cerebral thinking has taken a toll on modern society, resulting in too much screen time, the diminishment of skilled craftsmanship, and an overvaluing of white-collar over blue-collar labor.
About the Author
Guy Claxton is Emeritus Professor at Winchester University and Visiting Professor of Education at King's College London. He has previously taught and researched at Oxford University, Bristol University, and the University of London Institute of Education, and is an internationally renowned cognitive scientist. Guy's books include `Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind`; `Wise Up: The Challenge of Lifelong Learning`; `The Wayward Mind`; and `Intelligence in the Flesh`. Recent books on education include `What's the Point of School? `; `Building Learning Power`; and, with` Bill Lucas and others, `New Kinds of Smart`;` The Learning Powered School; and `Educating Ruby`. Guy's Building Learning Power approach to teaching is widely used in all kinds of schools across the UK, as well as in Poland, Dubai, Indonesia, India, China, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Brazil, and Argentina.
