Embodied and enactive approaches to cognition /

This Element discusses contemporary theories of embodied cognition, including what has been termed the '4Es' (embodied, embedded, extended and enactive cognition). It examines diverse approaches to questions about the nature of the mind, the mind's relation to the brain, perceptual ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gallagher, Shaun, 1948- (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Series:Cambridge elements. Elements in philosophy of mind
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: what is embodied cognition?; 2. The field of EC; 3. The first E: embodiment; 4. The second E: embedded cognition; 5. The third E: extended cognition; 6. The fourth E: enactive cognition; 7. Causation, constitution and free energy; 8. Conclusion: come practical implications and applications; References.