Making Sense of Sense-Making: Reflections on Enactive and Extended Mind Theories
Evan Thompson, M. Stapleton
March 1, 2009 DOI: 10.1007/s11245-008-9043-2 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
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| Key points | Argues that the enactive approach and extended mind thesis differ fundamentally on internalism versus externalism, cognition-emotion relations, the body's status, and incorporation versus extension, with implications for cognitive science. |
Abstract
This paper explores some of the differences between the enactive approach in cognitive science and the extended mind thesis. We review the key enactive concepts of autonomy and sense-making. We then focus on the following issues: (1) the debate between internalism and externalism about cognitive processes; (2) the relation between cognition and emotion; (3) the status of the body; and (4) the difference between ‘incorporation’ and mere ‘extension’ in the body-mind-environment relation.
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