The Extended Mind

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ID23164137
AuthorsAndy Clark (0000-0002-1233-8629), David J Chalmers (0000-0003-2258-0520)
Year2010
Pages26-42
Publication date2010-05-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueThe extended mind (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherThe MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.7551/mitpress/9780262014038.003.0002
OpenAlexW4248762043
ISBN9780262014038
LanguageEN
Citations received14

This chapter focuses on the concept of the extended mind as compared to the externalism of meaning; some argue that the meaning of words does not only reside within the mind in opposition to those who argue that what is outside the body is also outside the mind. A third argument is proposed in this chapter in the form of “active externalism,” which is based on the active role of the environment in driving cognitive processes. The causal coupling presupposed by active externalism posits that the components in a coupled system play an active causal role, governing behavior in the same manner as cognition does. Some have argued that these components do not necessarily play a causal role even if the externality of content or meaning is assumed. This argument, and similar others, are discussed in detail in this chapter.

Argument (complex analysis) · Cognition · Cognitive science · Epistemology · Externalism · Internalism and externalism · Meaning (existential) · Metaphysics · Opposition (politics) · Philosophy of mind · Political science · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Philosophy · Psychology

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