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The extended mind
Publication Type:
BookSource:
MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., p.viii, 382 (2010)ISBN:
9780262014038Call Number:
BD418.3 .E86 2010Keywords:
Externalism (Philosophy of mind); Cognition Philosophy.; Philosophy of mind.Abstract:
Where does the mind stop and the rest of the world begin? In their famous 1998 paper "The Extended Mind," philosophers Andy Clark and David Chalmers posed this question and answered it provocatively: cognitive processes "ain't all in the head." The environment has an active role in driving cognition; cognition is sometimes made up of neural, bodily, and environmental processes. Their argument excited a vigorous debate among philosophers, both supporters and detractors. This volume brings together for the first time the best responses to Clark and Chalmers's bold proposal. These responses, together with the original paper by Clark and Chalmers, offer a valuable overview of the latest research on the extended mind thesis. The contributors first discuss (and answer) objections raised to Clark and Chalmers's thesis. Andy Clark himself responds to critics in an essay that uses the movie Memento's amnesia-aiding notes and tattoos to illustrate the workings of the extended mind. Contributors then consider the different directions in which the extended mind project might be taken, including the need for an approach that focuses on cognitive activity and practice.Contributors: Fred Adams, Ken Aizawa, David Chalmers, Andy Clark, Stephen Cowley, Susan Hurley, James Ladyman, Richard Menary, John Preston, Don Ross, Mark Rowlands, Rob Rupert, David Spurrett, John Sutton, Michael Wheeler, Rob Wilson
Notes:
edited by Richard Menary.24 cm."A Bradford book."Introduction: the extended mind in focus / Richard Menary -- The extended mind / Andy Clark and David J. Chalmers -- Memento's revenge : the extended mind, extended / Andy Clark -- Defending the bounds of cognition / Fred Adams and Ken Aizawa -- Coupling, constitution and the cognitive kind : a reply to Adams and Aizawa / Andy Clark -- The varieties of externalism / Susan Hurley -- The alleged coupling-constitution fallacy and the mature sciences / Don Ross and James Ladyman -- Meaning making and the mind of the externalist / Robert A. Wilson -- Exograms and interdisciplinarity : history, the extended mind, and the civilizing process / John Sutton -- Cognitive integration and the extended mind / Richard Menary -- In defence of extended functionalism / Michael Wheeler -- Consciousness, broadly construed / Mark Rowlands -- The extended infant: utterance-activity and distributed cognition / David Spurrett and Stephen Cowley -- Representation in extended cognitive systems : does the scaffolding of language extend the mind? / Robert D. Rupert -- The extended mind, the concept of belief, and epistemic credit / John Preston.