The metaphysics of the Extended Mind in ontological entanglements1
Oxford University Press eBooks January 6, 2011 Anna Marmodoro 10 citations
The human mind often relies on external mechanisms for carrying out its cognitive processes, for example by using a calculator. Vehicle externalism and in particular the Extended Mind theory (Clark and Chalmers 1998) explore whether such external mechanisms, under specified conditions, are more than mere instruments for the mind; the claim is that they are parts of the mind and thus extend it...