Embodied and Enactive Approaches to Cognition

by Shaun Gallagher

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 experience, mental representation, sense making, the role of the environment, and social cognition, and it considers the strengths and weaknesses of the theories in question...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009209809
• ISBN13: 9781009209809
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 75 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"