Author(s)

Zixi Liu

Corresponding Author

Zixi Liu

Abstract

The idea of embodied cognition in philosophy is regarded as a product of fighting against the dualism of body and mind. It is difficult for human thinking to get rid of the influence brought by dualism. Therefore, when it comes to cognition, it means that things enter human consciousness through ideological transformation. The embodied cognition discussed in depth psychology is regarded as a kind of "dual consciousness", which points out that the experience outside consciousness has the same impact on the subject, and helps the subject perceive that cognition itself is a process of continuous expansion. The birth of new cognition, as a metaphor of prototype, also symbolizes the process of consciousness expansion. Since the birth of the concept of embodied cognition, it has been widely concerned by the academic community. The emergence of embodied cognition is the product of antagonizing the dualism of body and mind, that is, cognition is not a sign processing occurring in the brain [1]. There is no final conclusion on the definition of embodied cognition, experimental operation and conclusion disclosure [2]. At present, what has been unanimously recognized by the academic community is the basic research idea of embodied cognition, that is, the body is crucial in human cognition [3]. Depth psychology translates the embodiment directly into the embodiment imagination[4] , and there is no special connection with the word "cognition". It includes the idea of not distinguishing the conscious function process from other unconscious perception or forming a linear connection. Even though consciousness enables people to obtain the known meaning, it cannot ignore that unconsciousness will also have some impact on human beings. The conceptual interpretation of embodiment imagination is influenced by the concepts of "pure experience" and ' "dual consciousness" proposed by William James [5] and W.E.B Du Bois[6]. The embodiment imagination describes a "threshold consciousness", emphasizing that the subject is aware of a specific state, at the same time, one is also aware of the state of experience. When people have the knowledge, they will enter the state of being able to perceive themselves as a whole to get the feeling of the integration of body and mind.55

Keywords

Depth Psychology; Embodied Cognition; Dualism; Embodiment Imagination