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Supersizing the mind : embodiment, action, and cognitive extension / Andy Clark.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Clark, Andy, 1957- author.
Series:
Philosophy of mind series.
Philosophy of mind
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Philosophy of mind.
Mind and body.
Distributed cognition.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxix, 286 pages) : illustrations.
Other Title:
Embodiment, action, and cognitive extension
Place of Publication:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This is a comprehensive tour of work in embodied and situated cognition. It describes and defends one clear option among a large and unruly space of alternatives.
Contents:
Introduction : brainbound versus extended
From embodiment to cognitive extension
The active body
The negotiable body
Material symbols
World, Incorporated
Boundary disputes
Mind re-bound?
The cure for cognitive hiccups (HEMC, HEC, HEMC
)
Rediscovering the brain
The limits of embodiment
Painting, planning, and perceiving
Disentangling embodiment
Conclusions : mind as mashup.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-276) and index.
Description based on print version record.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
0-19-983104-1
0-19-977368-8
1-281-85193-0
9786611851934
0-19-971553-X
OCLC:
294759155

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