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Extendedcognitionistheviewthatmentalprocessesandmindextend
beyondthebodytoincludeaspectsoftheenvironmentinwhichan
organismisembeddedandtheorganism'sinteractionwiththat
environment.[1]Cognitiongoesbeyondthemanipulationofsymbolsto
includetheemergenceoforderandstructureevolvingfromactive

Interaction

engagementwiththeworld.[2]AsdescribedbyMarkRowlands,mental

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processesare:[3]
Embodiedinvolvingmorethanthebrain,includingamoregeneral
involvementofbodilystructuresandprocesses.
Embeddedfunctioningonlyinarelatedexternalenvironment.
Enactedinvolvingnotonlyneuralprocesses,butalsothingsan

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organismdoes.
Extendedintotheorganism'senvironment.

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Thiscontrastswiththeviewofthemindasaprocessingcenterthatcreates

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mentalrepresentationsofrealityandusesthemtocontrolthebody's

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behaviour.Thefieldofextendedcognitionfocusesupontheprocesses

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involvedinthiscreation,andsubsumestheseprocessesaspartof
consciousness.whichisnolongerconfinedtothebrainorbody,butinvolves
interactionwiththeenvironment.Ata'low'level,likemotor
learningandhapticperception,[4]thebodyisinvolvedincognition,butthere
isa'high'levelwhereculturalfactorsplayarole.[5][6]Thisviewofcognitionis
sometimesreferredtoasenactiontoemphasisetheroleofinterplay

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betweentheorganismanditsenvironmentandthefeedback
processesinvolvedindevelopinganawarenessof,andareformationof,the
environment.[7]
Contents[hide]
1Seealso
2References
3Furtherreading
4Externallinks

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Seealso

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Actionspecific
perception

Exocortex

Cognitivescience

TheExtended
Mind(paper)

Computational
theoryofmind

Enactivismand
embodiedcognition

Culturalpsychology

Mindbodyproblem

Embodiedcognition

Situatedcognition

Extendedmind
thesis

Subjectobject
problem
Virtualintelligence,
exampleofapurely
embeddedcognitive
system

References

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1. ^RobertDRupert(August2004)."ChallengestotheHypothesisofExtended
Cognition" (PDF) .TheJournalofPhilosophy101(8):389428.
2. ^TimvanGelder(1999)."Chapter8:WoodenIron?Husserlian
PhenomenologyMeetsCognitiveScience".InJeanPetitot,FranciscoJ
Varela,BernardPachoud,JeanMichelRoy,eds.NaturalizingPhenomenology:
IssuesinContemporaryPhenomenologyandCognitiveScience .Stanford
UniversityPress.p.252.ISBN9780804736107.
3. ^MarkRowlands(2010)."Chapter3:Themindembedded".Thenewscience
ofthemind:Fromextendedmindtoembodiedphenomenology .MITPress.
pp.51ff.ISBN0262014556.
4. ^PietroMorasso(2005)."Consciousnessastheemergentpropertyofthe
interactionbetweenbrain,body,&environment:thecrucialroleofhaptic
perception" (PDF) .Slidesrelatedtoachapteronhaptic
perception(recognitionthroughtouch):PietroMorasso(2007)."Chapter14:
Thecrucialroleofhapticperception".InAntonioChella&RiccardoManzotti,
eds.ArtificialConsciousness .Academic.pp.234255.ISBN978
1845400705.
5. ^CarlRatner(2011).MacroCulturalPsychology:APoliticalPhilosophyof
Mind .OxfordUniversityPress.p.96.ISBN0199706298.Cultureproduces
themindbraincircuitrydoesnot.Themindbodyproblemofhowthephysical
body/brainproducesmental,subjectivequalia,isthewrongwaytoframethe
originofconsciousness.
6. ^McGann,MarekDeJaegher,HanneDiPaolo,Ezequiel(June2013).
"Enactionandpsychology".ReviewofGeneralPsychology17(2):203
209.doi:10.1037/a0032935 .
7. ^JohnStewart,OliverGapenne,EzequielADiPaolo(2014)."Introduction".In
JohnStewart,OliverGapenne,EzequielADiPaolo,
eds.Enaction (Paperbacked.).MITPress.p.vii.ISBN9780262526012.

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Furtherreading

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RobertA.Wilson,andLuciaFoglia(July2011).EdwardN.Zalta,ed,
ed."Embodiedcognition" .TheStanfordEncyclopediaofPhilosophy
(Fall2011Edition).
MonicaCowart."Embodiedcognition" .InternetEncyclopediaof
Philosophy.
JoeLau,MaxDeutsch(Jan22,2014).EdwardN.Zalta,ed,
ed."ExternalismAboutMentalContent" .TheStanfordEncyclopediaof
Philosophy(Spring2014Edition).
BasilSmith."InternalismandExternalisminthePhilosophyofMindand
Language" .InternetEncyclopediaofPhilosophy.
MarkRowlands(2010)."Chapter3:Themindembodied,enactedand
extended".Thenewscienceofthemind:Fromextendedmindto
embodiedphenomenology .MITPress.pp.51ff.ISBN0262014556.

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PietroMorasso(2005)."Consciousnessastheemergentpropertyofthe
interactionbetweenbrain,body,&environment:thecrucialroleofhaptic
perception"

(PDF).Slidesrelatedtoachapteronhaptic

perception(recognitionthroughtouch):PietroMorasso(2007)."Chapter
14:Thecrucialroleofhapticperception".InAntonioChella&Riccardo
Manzotti,eds.ArtificialConsciousness .Academic.pp.234
255.ISBN9781845400705.
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