Philipp Schmidt-Boddy

2 papers in the library · publishing 2025-2026

Papers

Emotions and Vulnerability

Cambridge University Press eBooks July 8, 2026 Hannes Gustav Melichar, Philipp Schmidt-Boddy, Thomas Fuchs et al.

Emotions are fundamentally embodied and intersubjective, not merely cognitive appraisals. Drawing on phenomenology and enactivism, this chapter argues that emotions constitute our experience of the world as meaningful and are inseparable from existential vulnerability—an ontological condition rooted in the lived body's exposure to others and contingency. The introduction surveys competing theories of emotion (cognitive, perceptual, feeling-based, motivational) and contends that all insufficiently address the lived body's richness. The volume's three parts move from phenomenological analyses of emotional life and vulnerability, through psychopathological perspectives, to the transformative role of embodied emotions in psychotherapy, establishing embodiment as the conceptual bridge integrating emotion theory, psychopathology, and psychotherapy.

DOI: 10.1017/9781009627269.002 Mindfulness Existentialism Embodied cognition Phenomenology philosophy +14

‘Linguistic Shrapnel’: Inner speech in borderline personality disorder and its relevance for self-familiarity. A philosophical review

Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences November 11, 2025 Philipp Schmidt-Boddy

Inner speech and self-talk in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) can disrupt self-familiarity, contributing to a fragmented sense of self. A review of empirical studies on intrapersonal dialogicality, auditory verbal hallucinations, and self-talk in BPD shows that these linguistic processes likely generate and sustain experiences of self-estrangement. Connecting these findings with philosophical accounts of self-familiarity, the paper argues that overt or covert dialogues within oneself can either support or undermine a stable sense of self. Understanding linguistic self-relation is thus critical for therapeutic change and recovery in BPD.

DOI: 10.1007/s11097-025-10117-z Full text Phenomenology Inner speech Internal dialogue Self-talk +4