This article confronts a core challenge within 4E research: the “motley crew argument.” According to this argument, the scientific credibility of 4E research is diminished because the range of factors considered constitutive of a cognitive phenomenon encompasses neural, morphological, and environmental structures. The claim is that the sheer number, flexibility, and interchangeability of the...
Abstract Questions about phenomenology’s role in non-philosophical disciplines gained renewed attention. While we claim that phenomenology makes indispensable, unique contributions to different domains of scientific practice such as concept formation, experimental design, and data collection, we also contend that when it comes to explanation, phenomenological approaches face a dilemma. Either...