{"id":21470,"date":"2026-03-08T15:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T15:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embryo.nl\/en\/?p=21470"},"modified":"2026-03-08T16:23:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T16:23:22","slug":"the-body-of-our-mind-a-phenomenology-of-the-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embryo.nl\/de\/the-body-of-our-mind-a-phenomenology-of-the-body\/","title":{"rendered":"ESSAY  THE BODY OF OUR MIND \u2013 Eine Ph\u00e4nomenologie des K\u00f6rpers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21455 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embryo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Schermafbeelding-2026-03-08-154839-198x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embryo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Schermafbeelding-2026-03-08-154839-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/www.embryo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Schermafbeelding-2026-03-08-154839.png 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/em>Die Ph\u00e4nomenologie ist die Wissenschaft der lebendigen Natur, eine Wissenschaft, die Erfahrungen auf der Suche nach Verst\u00e4ndnis und Bedeutung ernst nimmt, noch bevor sie Erkl\u00e4rungen oder Kausalit\u00e4ten liefert. Die Suche nach der Seele oder dem Geist muss in dem lebendigen K\u00f6rper stattfinden, der wir sind, und nicht in dem anatomischen K\u00f6rper, den wir haben.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jaap van der Wal MD PhD,\u00a0<\/strong>Anatom, Embryologe und Ph\u00e4nomenologe<\/p>\n<p><em>Adresse: jaap.vanderwal45@kpnmail.nl. Sibemaweg 33D, 6224 DA Maastricht, Niederlande. Unabh\u00e4ngiger Forscher \u2013 Pensionierter au\u00dferordentlicher Professor f\u00fcr medizinische Anatomie und Embryologie<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Zusammenfassung und Botschaft<br \/>\n(KI-generiert, mit Zustimmung des Autors)<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die Ph\u00e4nomenologie ist die Wissenschaft der lebendigen Natur, eine Wissenschaft, die Erfahrungen auf der Suche nach Verst\u00e4ndnis und Bedeutung ernst [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21455,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-essay"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ESSAY THE BODY OF OUR MIND \u2013 Eine Ph\u00e4nomenologie des 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