The Oxford Handbook of 4E Cognition
October 9, 2018
Erik Rietveld, Damiaan Denys, Maarten Van Westen
104 citations
Abstract The topic of this Oxford handbook is “4E cognition”: cognition as embodied, embedded, enactive, and extended. However, one important “E” is missing: an E for ecological. We sketch an ecological-enactive approach to cognition that presents a framework for bringing together the embodied/enactive program with the ecological program originally developed by James Gibson, in which...
The Oxford Handbook of 4E Cognition
October 9, 2018
Daniel D. Hutto, Erik Myin
15 citations
Abstract E-approaches to cognition—enactive, embodied, ecological—conceive of minds as fundamentally relational and interactive. They are often heralded as offering a new paradigm for thinking about the mental. Yet only the most radical versions of E-approaches—those that seek not to complement but to replace traditional cognitivist accounts of mind—have any prospect of ushering in a truly...
The Oxford Handbook of 4E Cognition
October 9, 2018
Joel Krueger
49 citations
Abstract Defenders of a view called “direct social perception” (DSP) argue that our social-cognitive capacities rest on our ability to directly perceive others’ mental states—their emotions, desires, intentions, etc.—embodied in their expressive, goal-directed behavior. DSP thus challenges the widespread assumption that mental states are intracranial phenomena, perceptually inaccessible to...
The Oxford Handbook of 4E Cognition
October 9, 2018
Giovanna Colombetti
11 citations
Abstract The enactive approach to mind and cognition has several important implications for our understanding of affectivity. It entails that cognition is inherently affective and, relatedly, that the process of cognitive appraisal is not “purely brainy” but embodied. It also entails that a dynamical systems approach is more suitable than other conceptual frameworks to account for the...
The Oxford Handbook of 4E Cognition
October 9, 2018
Dan Zahavi, John Michael
12 citations
Abstract When considering the current debate on empathy, it quickly becomes evident that a diversity of definitions of and approaches to the topic are available, and that no consensus seems forthcoming. The aim of our contribution is not to resolve these disputes or to argue in favor of any one particular way of conceptualizing empathy. Instead, our aim is to open up a new perspective by...
Routledge eBooks
October 8, 2018
Jennifer Church
Ownership of a body by a self is not possible without a distinction between self and body, for simply being a (human) body does not suffice for being a person or a self. But neither is a person or a self an independent entity that merely uses the body. One must understand the self as constituted by certain interrelations between the psychological states of a body, inter-relations that...
Routledge eBooks
October 8, 2018
Antonio Alberto Semi
Consciousness has a strange position in the field of psychoanalysis. Consciousness is a source of constant questions for those dealing with psychic activities. The discovery of the unconscious must obviously be differentiated from the invention of the unconscious, which is that complex methodological structure that allowed Sigmund Freud to construct theoretical models of the unconscious. The...
Theology and Science
October 6, 2018
J. Leidenhag
ABSTRACT Panpsychism, whereby mentality is considered fundamental within the natural world, does not appear prima facie to be a friend to with either natural science or Christian theology. This article challenges this first impression. Within the science and theology dialogue, panpsychism has been a central component of Process theologians’ efforts to integrate these disciplines into a larger...
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
October 5, 2018
James M Robertson
38 citations
The Neuron Doctrine, the cornerstone of research on normal and abnormal brain functions for over a century, has failed to discern the basis of complex cognitive functions. The location and mechanisms of memory storage and recall, consciousness, and learning, remain enigmatic. The purpose of this article is to critically review the Neuron Doctrine in light of empirical data over the past three...
Adaptive Behavior
October 5, 2018
Juan M. Loaiza
20 citations
This article proposes the convergence between enactivism, an anthropological view of social life, and a philosophy of ethic of care. The main conceptual proposal is the extension of the notion of concern, present in the enactive philosophy, into the domain of social participation. The proposal introduces the notion that care in social life corresponds to a richer version of the basic living...