Social enactivism : on situating high-level cognitive states and processes / Mark-Oliver Casper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Casper, Mark-Oliver, author.

Series:

Image word action ; 6.

Image Word Action = Imago Sermo Actio = Bild Wort Aktion ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy of mind.

Cognition--Philosophy.

Cognition.

Physical Description:

260 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter, [2019]

Summary:

Social enactivism is a philosophical theory which, through the analysis of discursive practice, aims at explaining how high-level cognitive conditions and processes emerge. The fundamental tenets of this theory are based on enactivist and (neo)pragmatist principles. Therefore, the emphasis is not on the purely linguistic understanding of discourse but on its structural interaction with technology, that is created by man himself, in the context of which the discursive performance takes place. This perspective addresses not only a blind spot in the international debate about "situated cognition" but also a current problem in the philosophy of mind.

Contents:

I The "Rationality for the New Millennium" Project p. 25

1 Theoretical Prearrangements p. 26

2 Extended Mind p. 30

3 Enactivism p. 35

4 Varieties of Embodiment p. 40

5 The Role of Representations p. 48

7 Summary and Philosophical Roadmap p. 95

II Solutions to the Scaling Problem? p. 97

1 The Representation-Hungry Problem Domain p. 101

2 The Mental Institution Thesis p. 114

3 Context and Basics of Social Pragmatic Inferentialism p. 131

4 Match between Situated Cognition and Social Pragmatic Inferentialism? p. 153

5 Are We on Track? p. 157

III Review of Social Pragmatic Inferentialism p. 161

1 Representational Vestiges. Rouse's Criticism p. 162

2 Inference or Interaction? Gallagher and Miyahara on Brandom p. 171

3 Different Versions and Vocabularies of Naturalism p. 174

4 Going Down the Road p. 182

IV Reliably Tuned Fit p. 183

1 In Pursuit of Social Enactivism p. 184

2 Asymmetry Claim Reconsidered p. 195

3 Epistemic Peerhoods and Discursive Communities p. 198

4 Mental Institutions, Again p. 219.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783110575675

3110575671

OCLC:

1052864963