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ENACTIVISM, COGNITION, AND FORENSIC EXPLANATION

Kristopher Nielsen

Wiley eBooks October 2, 2026 DOI: 10.1002/9781394289868.ch2 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed
Key points Argues that enactive understandings of cognition, presented through five conceptual "toolboxes" of enactivist concepts, offer more explanatory value for understanding crime than standard computationalist approaches, supporting a rich, multidimensional account of crime without denying the utility of more localized models.

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This chapter argues that enactive understandings of cognition offer several advantages for understanding and explaining crime. Contrasted with computationalism, an enactive understanding of cognition is outlined via the presentation of five conceptual “toolboxes”. Each toolbox includes a range of concepts from enactivism, and it is exampled how these concepts offer value for forensic explanation in comparison with standard computationalist approaches. It is demonstrated how an enactive approach encourages a rich, multidimensional understanding of crime, without denying the utility of efforts to develop more localized models.

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