James Grayot
Biographic Data
| ID | 5995414 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Grayot |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Grayot |
| SIGNATURE | GRAYOT J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade do Porto |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4133-443X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Representation hunger
The rapid growth of 4E‐cognition has led to increased skepticism about the role of internal representations in understanding complex cognitive tasks. Critics challenge the idea of representation‐hungry cognition (RHC), rejecting the notion that thinking about absent or abstract objects requires internal representations. Despite criticisms, I argue that RHC remains relevant to understanding what makes cognition truly complex. My goal is to defend …
Dual process theory and the challenges of functional individuation
Despite on-going debates in philosophy and cognitive science, dual process theory (DPT) remains a popular framework for theorizing about human cognition. Its central hypothesis is that cognitive processing can be subsumed under two generic types. In this paper, we argue that the putative success and popularity of this framework remains overstated and gives rise to certain misunderstandings. If DPT has predictive and/or explanatory power, it is th…
The Vices and Virtues of Instrumentalized Knowledge
This article starts by defining instrumentalized knowledge (IK) as the practice of selectively valuing some set of reliable beliefs for the promotion of a more generally false or unreliable worldview. IK is typically exploited by conspiratorial echo chambers, which display systematic distrust and opposition towards mainstream epistemic authorities. We argue that IK is problematic in that it violates core epistemic virtues, and this gives rise to …
How can embodied cognition naturalize bounded rationality
The Quasi-Economic Agency of Human Selves
According to Don Ross, individual persons are complex aggregations of selves. These selves arise in response to external pressures to regulate individual behaviors and therefore enable the tracking of public norms and conventions. In this paper, I investigate the different roles that selves play in Ross’ broader philosophy of economics and I identify separate projects that arise therein. To this end, I distinguish three different roles for selves…
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The Quasi-Economic Agency of Human Selves
According to Don Ross, individual persons are complex aggregations of selves. These selves arise in response to external pressures to regulate individual behaviors and therefore enable the tracking of public norms and conventions. In this paper, I investigate the different roles that selves play in Ross’ broader philosophy of economics and I identify separate projects that arise therein. To this end, I distinguish three different roles for selves…
The Vices and Virtues of Instrumentalized Knowledge
This article starts by defining instrumentalized knowledge (IK) as the practice of selectively valuing some set of reliable beliefs for the promotion of a more generally false or unreliable worldview. IK is typically exploited by conspiratorial echo chambers, which display systematic distrust and opposition towards mainstream epistemic authorities. We argue that IK is problematic in that it violates core epistemic virtues, and this gives rise to …
How can embodied cognition naturalize bounded rationality
Dual process theory and the challenges of functional individuation
Despite on-going debates in philosophy and cognitive science, dual process theory (DPT) remains a popular framework for theorizing about human cognition. Its central hypothesis is that cognitive processing can be subsumed under two generic types. In this paper, we argue that the putative success and popularity of this framework remains overstated and gives rise to certain misunderstandings. If DPT has predictive and/or explanatory power, it is th…
Representation hunger
The rapid growth of 4E‐cognition has led to increased skepticism about the role of internal representations in understanding complex cognitive tasks. Critics challenge the idea of representation‐hungry cognition (RHC), rejecting the notion that thinking about absent or abstract objects requires internal representations. Despite criticisms, I argue that RHC remains relevant to understanding what makes cognition truly complex. My goal is to defend …
Epistemology (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Action Observation and Synchronization (2 works) · Cognitive psychology (2 works) · Cognitive science (2 works) · Embodied and Extended Cognition (2 works)