Intelligence in the Flesh

"Guy Claxton is an articulate spokesman for the new field of “embodied cognition”. He argues that shaking off our brain-centered view will not only give us a better understanding of human biology but will also benefit society."—Clive Cookson, Financial Times

"A lively, balanced re-examination of the traditional mind-body issue in light of modern advances in neuroscience."—Kirkus Reviews

"Free of jargon . . . Illuminates for readers what specialists in neuroscience and philosophy have understood for decades: that the physical body constitutes the core of our intelligence."—New York Journal of Books

"Memory, consciousness, emotions, abstractions, the nature of the self – our casual conceptions of all these are powerfully challenged as Intelligence in the Flesh examines the unity of mind and body with considerable wisdom and not a little wit."—David Perkins, author of Future Wise: Educating Our Children for a Changing World

"The best book on the topic of embodied intelligence that I know: the most thorough, as well as the most clearly thought out, and the most readable. It deserves to be very widely read and should become a classic work in the area."—Iain McGilchrist, author of The Master and His Emissary