Breakdowns in bodily experience reveal the mechanisms of normal perception

Evidence

Normally, we take all these marvels for granted, but when they go wrong they reveal a lot about how ordinary experience works. Merleau-Ponty read case studies in the field, notably those based on a man called Johann Schneider, who, after a brain injury, could not feel what position his limbs were in, or where you were touching him if you laid your hand on his arm. — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 736

Categorization

• XREF: The pathology-reveals-the-normal approach echoes the reader’s noise/silence material where extreme cases illuminate ordinary experience. — connects to: Hearing-impaired perception studies illuminate the mechanisms behind normal hearing — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 19; Extreme slow walking reveals subtle bodily energies normally masked — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 235; Unaccountable incidents can reveal blind gaps in normal perception — Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life: Writings on…, 417

Broader Connections

• Hearing-impaired perception studies illuminate the mechanisms behind normal hearing #exemplifies (0.95) — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 19
• Extreme slow walking reveals subtle bodily energies normally masked #exemplifies (0.88) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 235