Shared bodily experience anchors the cross-cultural sharing of other minds.

Evidence

I think that, effectively speaking, some essential aspects of the classical Hellenistic-Latin thought form an intrinsic part of the human mind regardless of the part of the world where one belongs. It is the way that reason is conducted that differs, not the structure of the mind. This is why Africans can understand the Europeans, the Asians, the Americans, the Australians just by becoming familiar with them thanks to cultural exchange. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 288 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The ‘us’ experience means being objects together before alienating others. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 1018; The same physical effort presents completely different phenomenological experiences to different people. — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 389; Flesh names the shared substance linking perceiver and perceived world. — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 744 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Mind structure is universal across cultures; only reasoning conduct differs #complicates (0.77) — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 288