Bernard Andrieu
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Bernard Andrieu is a French philosopher and historian of the body
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Andrieu studied in Bordeaux from 1978 to 1984. He is a professor at the University of Nancy.
He has written on the philosophy of neuroscience
and the mind-body problem, as well as the history of bodily practices such as tanning
, touch, the open air, and immersion
. He is the editor of a 450-article Dictionary of the Body.
Human body
The human body is the entire structure of a human organism, and consists of a head, neck, torso, two arms and two legs.By the time the human reaches adulthood, the body consists of close to 100 trillion cells, the basic unit of life...
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Andrieu studied in Bordeaux from 1978 to 1984. He is a professor at the University of Nancy.
He has written on the philosophy of neuroscience
Neuroscience
Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system. Traditionally, neuroscience has been seen as a branch of biology. However, it is currently an interdisciplinary science that collaborates with other fields such as chemistry, computer science, engineering, linguistics, mathematics,...
and the mind-body problem, as well as the history of bodily practices such as tanning
Tanning
Tanning is the making of leather from the skins of animals which does not easily decompose. Traditionally, tanning used tannin, an acidic chemical compound from which the tanning process draws its name . Coloring may occur during tanning...
, touch, the open air, and immersion
Immersion
Immersion may refer to:* Immersion therapy overcoming fears through confrontation* Baptism by immersion* Immersion Games a developer of video games...
. He is the editor of a 450-article Dictionary of the Body.
Works
- La neurophilosophie, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1998
- Les cultes du corps: éthique et sciences, Paris: Éd. l'Harmattan, 1994
- (ed.) Le Dictionnaire du Corps: en sciences humaines et sociales, 2006