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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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What is special about body based reference frame?

Neha Khetrapal

pp. 221-227

Abstract

Classifying spatial frames of references have placed egocentric/body-based representations on muddy grounds. The traditional taxonomy places it under the deictic distinction while the Levinson's terminology does not provide a special status for it but classifies it along with the relative frame of reference. Research from other areas of cognition has come up with other implied classifications that are motivated by the special role played by these egocentric representation(s). Tangled among such issues is the fuzzy distinction between egocentric and body based representations. The current paper takes up exactly this issue and proposes to sub classify egocentric representations into two different subtypes namely the first- and the second-order representations. The proposed distinction serves an essential purpose for understanding important cognitive processes like spatial transformation, mental perspective taking, and so on.

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(2010) Human Studies 33 (2-3).

Pages: 221-227

DOI: 10.1007/s10746-010-9161-x

Full citation:

Khetrapal Neha (2010) „What is special about body based reference frame?“. Human Studies 33 (2-3), 221–227.