The enactive approach

Theoretical sketches from cell to society

Bibliographic Data

ID20484155
AuthorsTom Froese (0000-0002-9899-5274, The University of Tokyo), Ezequiel A Di Paolo (0000-0002-3296-5021, University of the Basque Country and University of Sussex)
Year2011
Volume19
Issue1
Pages1-36
Publication date2011-08-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePragmatics & Cognition (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0929-0907 • E-ISSN: 1569-9943
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/pc.19.1.01fro
OpenAlexW2040336773
LanguageEN
Citations received51

There is a small but growing community of researchers spanning a spectrum of disciplines which are united in rejecting the still dominant computationalist paradigm in favor of the enactive approach . The framework of this approach is centered on a core set of ideas, such as autonomy, sense-making, emergence, embodiment, and experience. These concepts are finding novel applications in a diverse range of areas. One hot topic has been the establishment of an enactive approach to social interaction. The main purpose of this paper is to serve as an advanced entry point into these recent developments. It accomplishes this task in a twofold manner: (i) it provides a succinct synthesis of the most important core ideas and arguments in the theoretical framework of the enactive approach, and (ii) it uses this synthesis to refine the current enactive approach to social interaction. A new operational definition of social interaction is proposed which not only emphasizes the cognitive agency of the individuals and the irreducibility of the interaction process itself, but also the need for jointly co-regulated action. It is suggested that this revised conception of ‘socio-cognitive interaction’ may provide the necessary middle ground from which to understand the confluence of biological and cultural values in personal action

Autonomy · Cognition · Cognitive science · Epistemology · Irreducibility · Political science · Social relation · Sociology · Action Observation and Synchronization · Child and Animal Learning Development · Computer Science · Embodied and Extended Cognition · Psychology · Social Psychology

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