How We Became Sensorimotor: Movement, Measurement, Sensation

An engrossing history of the century that transformed our knowledge of the body’s inner senses

The years between 1833 and 1945 fundamentally transformed science’s understanding of the body’s inner senses, revolutionizing fields like philosophy, the social sciences, and cognitive science. In How We Became Sensorimotor, Mark Paterson provides a systematic account of this transformative period, while also demonstrating its substantial implications for current explorations into phenomenology, ...