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The Wiley‐Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory

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Extended Mind

The Wiley‐Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory December 4, 2017 Georg Theiner

The “extended mind” (EM) thesis asserts that cognitive processes are not bound by the skull or even skin of biological individuals, but actively incorporate environmental structures such as symbols, tools, artifacts, media, cultural practices, norms, groups, or institutions. By distributing cognition across space, time, and people in canny ways, we circumvent or overcome the biological...