Doing philosophy with a water-lance: art and the future of embodied cognition
T. E. Feiten, Kristopher J. Holland, A. Chemero
Adaptive Behavior January 18, 2021 DOI: 10.1177/1059712320983041 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that Rietveld and RAAAF's approach is a paradigm example of applying embodied cognitive science insights back to embodied practice, and that Rietveld's work stands almost alone in raising embodiment from a theoretical topic to a practical principle shaping activity, including scholarship. The authors describe their own artistic-scholarly work as following similar principles. |
Abstract
We take the approach developed by Rietveld and RAAAF to be a paradigm example of a much-needed development in embodied cognitive science: applying the insights gained into the nature of cognition back to embodied cognition itself, back to the practice of bodily engagements with our sociocultural environments. Rietveld’s work is groundbreaking precisely because it stands almost alone as a prototype of this move: to raise embodiment from a mere content of our theorizing to the practical level of determining the form of our activity, including our scholarly activity. We describe some of our own artistic-scholarly work that follows similar principles.