Bernard Andrieu (born 24 December 1959 in

Agen The commune of Agen (, ; ) is the prefecture of the Lot-et-Garonne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. It lies on the river Garonne southeast of Bordeaux. Geography The city of Agen lies in the southwestern department of ...

) is a French philosopher and historian of the

body Body may refer to: In science * Physical body, an object in physics that represents a large amount, has mass or takes up space * Body (biology), the physical material of an organism * Body plan, the physical features shared by a group of anima ...

Biography

Andrieu was born on 24 December 1959 in

. He studied in Bordeaux from 1978 to 1984. He is a professor at the

University of Nancy A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which ...

. He has written on the philosophy of

neuroscience Neuroscience is the science, scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders. It is a Multidisciplinary approach, multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, an ...

and the mind-body problem, as well as the history of bodily practices such as

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touch In physiology, the somatosensory system is the network of neural structures in the brain and body that produce the perception of touch ( haptic perception), as well as temperature ( thermoception), body position ( proprioception), and pain. It ...

, the open air, and

immersion Immersion may refer to: The arts * "Immersion", a 2012 story by Aliette de Bodard * ''Immersion'', a French comic book series by Léo Quievreux * ''Immersion'' (album), the third album by Australian group Pendulum * ''Immersion'' (film), a 2021 ...

. He is the editor of a 450-article ''Dictionary of the Body''.Alexandre Giroux
Le Dictionnaire du Corps''

Works

* ''La neurophilosophie'', Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1998 * ''Les cultes du corps: éthique et sciences'', Paris: Éd. l'Harmattan, 1994 * (ed.) ''Le Dictionnaire du Corps: en sciences humaines et sociales'', 2006

References

External links

Le site du corps
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Official website of the European Association for the Philosophy of Sport (EAPS)
* People from Agen 1959 births Living people 20th-century French philosophers 21st-century French philosophers Historians of science Academic staff of Nancy-Université French male non-fiction writers Philosophers of sport {{France-academic-bio-stub