3 papers in the library · 188 citations · publishing 2010-2025
Crítica March 21, 2025 Fred Adams
El funcionalismo se ha convertido rápidamente en la concepción preponderante en la filosofía de la mente y en el nuevo campo de la ciencia cognoscitiva. El funcionalismo y, en general, la construcción de teorías en estas áreas, se enfrentan a dos obstáculos: las propiedades funcionales y las propiedades semánticas. Estas constituyen obstáculos porque no está claro como puede tener eficacia...
Andy Clark and His Critics June 3, 2019 Fred Adams
Abstract For nearly twenty years Andy Clark has been the chief architect and proponent of the thesis of extended mind. But it is only the cognitive processes in the mind that extend, according to Clark (not consciousness itself). However, when it comes to saying what a cognitive process is such that one can determine whether it does or does not extend, Clark is less forthcoming. He has offered...
The MIT Press eBooks May 21, 2010 Fred Adams, Kenneth Aizawa 188 citations
This chapter discusses the flaws of Clark’s extended mind hypothesis. Clark’s hypothesis assumes that the nature of the processes internal to an object has nothing to do with whether that object carries out cognitive processing. The only condition required is that the object is coupled with a cognitive agent and interacts with it in a certain way. In making this tenuous connection, Clark...