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The Mind Leak: An Analysis of Clark & Chalmers Extended Mind Hypothesis

Panya Chakravarty

preprint DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3794727 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Theoretical or philosophical paper
Key points Argues that the scope of the mind is wider than the thought experiment presented by Clark and Chalmers, proposing a more expansive view of cognitive extension into the world.

Abstract

The Extended Mind Hypothesis by Andy Clark and David Chalmers (1998) brings a new dimension into the mind-body debate, by holding the distinction between mind, body, and the environment as unprincipled and asserts that the mind extends into the world. In this paper, I argue that the scope of the mind is wider than described in the thought experiment presented by C&C, while also exploring the question, "where does the mind stop, and the rest of the world begin?