Citation

Tofan IA, Crumpei I. Rev. Med. Chir. Soc. Med. Nat. Iasi 2010; 114(3): 943-952.

Vernacular Title

Corpul ca sursa de semnificatie. Perspective interdisciplinare.

Affiliation

Catedra de Istoria filosofiei şi hermeneutică, Facultatea de Filosofie şi Stiinte Social-Politice, Universitatea AI.I. Cuza Iaşi.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Societatii de Medici si Naturalisti)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

21243825

Abstract

This paper concerns a general theoretical aspect, followed by different examples which discusses the thesis in relation to major connected domains of research: psychology and philosophy. The thesis which we are arguing for is that the body represents a source of significance in the definitions of the self used as theoretical background in moral problems (philosophical aspect) and the explanations of the way the image of the self is constituted (psychological aspect). The philosophical "conclusion" is that the body, in its materiality, cannot be judged by the metaphysical dualism scheme, which assigns it a secondary role in the hierarchy of categories. From a psychological point of view, this paper tends to show that the body does not represent an accident of personality or a "prison of the soul" as Plato refers to it, but rather an element through which personality is built on and develops and similarly, the mental and personality structures are those which allow the forming of corporeality and then the person's reference to it.

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