Is the body schema sufficient for the sense of embodiment? An alternative to de Vignemont's model

Glenn Carruthers*

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    Abstract

    De Vignemont argues that the sense of ownership comes from the localization of bodily sensation on a map of the body that is part of the body schema. This model should be taken as a model of the sense of embodiment. I argue that the body schema lacks the theoretical resources needed to explain this phenomenology. Furthermore, there is some reason to think that a deficient sense of embodiment is not associated with a deficient body schema. The data de Vignemont uses to argue that the body image does not underlie the sense of embodiment does not rule out the possibility that part of the body image I call 'offline representations' underlies the sense of embodiment. An alternative model of the sense of embodiment in terms of offline representations of the body is presented.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)123-142
    Number of pages20
    JournalPhilosophical Psychology
    Volume22
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Apr 2009

    Keywords

    • Body Representation
    • De Vignemont
    • Self Consciousness
    • Sense of Embodiment
    • Sense of Ownership

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