The article presents how the body is fundamental in cognition. For the above, it is presented the phenomenological analysis of the body proposed by Husserl in Ideas II. This rebuild has three moments: the first one is that body is an organ of perception and therefore, it is essential for orientation (it is a carrier of kinesthesias). The second one is the body is a carrier of emotions (localized sensations-sensings) and finally, the body constitutes usually the intersubjective convergence.Este artículo busca exponer cómo el cuerpo desempeña juega un papel fundamental en la cognición. Para mostrar su importancia se reconstruye el análisis fenomenológico sobre el cuerpo que realiza Husserl en Ideas II. Dicha reconstrucción tiene tres momentos...