Steven D Edwards, University of Wales Swansea, Swansea, UK
Published online: September 2006
DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0005937
According to a view derived from the philosopher Descartes, persons are composed of separable minds and bodies. When applied to the phenomenon of disablement, this generates a specific conception of disability.
Keywords: disability; Descartes; mind; body; Merleau-Ponty
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| Edwards SD (1998) The body as object versus the body as subject: the case of disability. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 1: 47–56. | |
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| book Wendell S (1996) The Rejected Body, Feminist Philosophical Reflections on Disability. London, UK: Routledge. | |
| book Zaner RM (1971) The Problem of Embodiment, Some Contributions to a Phenomenology of the Body, 2nd edn. The Hague, The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff. | |
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