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 / Bild Wort Aktion / Imago Sermo Actio

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognitive styles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

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.

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:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

I. The "Rationality for the New Millennium" Project

II. Solutions to the Scaling Problem?

III. Review of Social Pragmatic Inferentialism

IV. Reliably Tuned Fit

V. Conclusion

Bibliography

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Nov 2018)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

3-11-057713-5

3-11-057586-8

OCLC:

1066200002