Enacting affectivity

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ID23580366
AuthorsGiovanna Colombetti (0000-0003-0935-1109, Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology, University of Exeter, corresponding author)
Year2018
Pages571-588
Publication date2018-10-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueThe Oxford Handbook of 4E Cognition (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198735410.013.31
OpenAlexW4235862634
ISBN9780198735410
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited15

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 variability of emotional episodes across individuals and populations, while acknowledging the important role of evolution in shaping the physiological and behavioral aspects of those episodes. Finally, the enactive approach does not entail that the material vehicles of affective episodes are necessarily only biological processes occurring inside the organism; rather, it allows extraorganismic processes to be part of the physical realizers of affectivity, and to be phenomenologically incorporated into affective experiences.

Cognition · Cognitive appraisal · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Negative affectivity · Organism · Personality · Positive affectivity · Process (computing) · Computer Science · Embodied and Extended Cognition · Mental Health Research Topics · Neural dynamics and brain function · Neuroscience · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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