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G. Ongaro

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Why the extended mind is nothing special but is central

Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences July 15, 2022 G. Ongaro, Doug I Hardman, Ivan Deschenaux

The extended mind thesis states that the mind is not brain-bound but extends into the physical world. The philosophical debate around the thesis has mostly focused on extension towards epistemic artefacts, treating the phenomenon as a special capacity of the human organism to recruit external physical resources to solve individual tasks. This paper argues that if the mind extends to artefacts...