Session 1. Perception, Embodiment, Sensibility
Published 2016-11-26
Keywords
- Erwin Straus’s aesthesiology,
- auditory hallucinations and schizophrenia theory,
- biological and cultural hominization and exaptation
How to Cite
Gualandi, A. (2016). Ssensing” Voices. A Theoretical Comparison. Phenomenology and Mind, (4), 94–102. https://doi.org/10.13128/Phe_Mi-19592
Abstract
Erwin Straus’ aesthesiological analysis of the voice-hearing modality can serve as a bridge between top-down models, which emphasize the emotional and inter-subjective significance of auditory hallucinations, and bottom-up models, which highlight the dysfunctional neurobiological mechanisms that cause them. The comparison with Crow’s hypothesis allows to include the aesthesiological approach in an anthropo-biological context in which schizophrenia appears to be the price that species Sapiens had to pay to acquire self-consciousness.