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Nick Brancazio

2 papers in the library · 52 citations · publishing 2020-2022

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Putting down the revolt: Enactivism as a philosophy of nature.

Frontiers in Psychology October 21, 2022 Russell Meyer, Nick Brancazio 25 citations

Enactivists frequently argue their account heralds a revolution in cognitive science: enactivism will unseat cognitivism as the dominant paradigm. We examine the lines of reasoning enactivists employ in stirring revolt, but show that none of these prove compelling reasons for cognitivism to be replaced by enactivism. First, we examine the hard sell of enactivism: enactivism reveals a critical...

Distal engagement: Intentions in perception.

Consciousness and Cognition March 1, 2020 Nick Brancazio, Miguel Segundo-Ortin 27 citations

Non-representational approaches to cognition have struggled to provide accounts of long-term planning that forgo the use of representations. An explanation comes easier for cognitivist accounts, which hold that we concoct and use contentful mental representations as guides to coordinate a series of actions towards an end state. One non-representational approach, ecological-enactivism, has...

DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2020.102897 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Ecological psychology Ecological-enactivism Intentions Perception