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Journal of the Philosophy of Sport

ISSN 0094-8705

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Tracking devices as extensions of the mind

Journal of the Philosophy of Sport November 20, 2025 Xenia Schmidli

ABSTRACT This paper explores the possibilities of extension of the human being through technologies like wearable devices that are used to track physical activity. The goal is to give a possible conceptual framework to help analyse the relationship between human user and tracking device. The paper thus follows the extended mind theory according to Clark & Chalmers, and argues that tracking...