The Primacy of Movement (Advances in Consciousness Research)

Drawing on natural history and phenomenological accounts of kinetic phenomena, particularly the phenomenon of self-movement, this text addresses the topic of animate form and the significance of animation. It also addresses methodological and foundational issues at length. The text draws on previous examinations and analyses of movement, including: Aristotle's recognition of motion; the common notion of movement as a change of position; present-day materialists' trivializations of movement as mere output; kinesthetically-tethered accounts of the qualia of movement; and the pan-human phenomenon of learning to move oneself.