A parody of the extended mind idea
Paul Thagard takes the piss. active externalismAndy ClarkCognitive scienceDavid ChalmersExtended Mindpaul thagardPhilosophy of mindsituated cognition
Paul Thagard takes the piss. active externalismAndy ClarkCognitive scienceDavid ChalmersExtended Mindpaul thagardPhilosophy of mindsituated cognition
Keynote talk by Andy for the 9th International Symposium of Cognition, Logic and Communication. Andy appears @ 11:57 active externalismAndy ClarkCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessEmbodied cognitionExtended MindExternalismneurosciencePerceptionphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mind
An extract from Lynne Rudder Baker’s paper: Cognitive scientists have become increasingly enamored of the idea of extended minds. The extended-mind thesis (EM) is the claim that mentality need not be situated just in the brain or even within the boundaries of the skin. EM is the modal claim that it is possible that the…