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The article "An Introduction to the Philosophy of Logic" is a review of the book of the same name written by Daniel Cohnitz and Luis Estrada-González. The book offers a contemporary and accessible introduction to the philosophy of logic, addressing topics such as terminology, standard logic, first and second-order logic, logical constants, the metaphysical status of logic, the revisability of logic, logical pluralism, and the laws of logic. It is a valuable resource for logic students and teachers, analyzing principles and objections related to deductive reasoning. It also explores the relationship between logic and other disciplines such as mathematics, cognitive science, and philosophy. In summary, the book offers a wide range of topics to delve into the philosophy of logic and highlights its importance in knowledge. [Extracted from the article]

The document "BIBLIOGRAPHY ON: THE MIND BEYOND REPRESENTATION: THE MULTIPLE FACES OF EMBODIED COGNITION AND THEORIES OF THE 4E" is a list of selected bibliographic sources on embodied cognition and 4E theories. It includes works by authors such as Bourdieu, Dewey, Giddens, Latour, Lévi-Strauss, Merleau-Ponty, Vygotsky, among others. The document provides resources for researching the topic and collects academic articles that address aspects related to psychology, psychiatry, and social cognition. The article "The Mind Beyond Representation" by Wilson (2002) presents six perspectives on embodied cognition and is available on the NCBI website. [Extracted from the article]

In this interview with Manuel Heras-Escribano, a researcher at the University of Granada, ecological psychology and the future of embodied and situated cognitive science are discussed. Heras-Escribano analyzes affordances, which are aspects of the environment related to the capabilities of the agent, breaking the dichotomy between the subjective and the objective. A distinction is made between affordances scaled to the body and affordances scaled to action. Additionally, it is mentioned that affordances are an object of perception and the idea of ecological information is explored, which does not fit the Shannon model. Ecological theory argues that light energy does not directly impact the retina, but rather forms a stable pattern by reverberating in the environment. This environmental light information is perceived directly and reveals the available possibilities for action. Ecological psychology emphasizes the role of the living organism in constant relation with the environment. Affordances, that is, possibilities for action, are related to the ontogenetic and phylogenetic development of organisms. The notion of affordance presents challenges for the Modern Evolutionary Synthesis, which is based on a strong notion of information and mental representation. Ecological psychology proposes a non-representational and direct perception perspective. The text discusses the differences between the Modern Synthesis and ecological psychology in terms of their focus on evolution and cognition. While the Modern Synthesis focuses on the genetic and population levels, ecological psychology emphasizes the level of the organism and its interaction with the environment. Ecological psychology argues that evolution is based on the direct relationship between the organism and the environment, and how organisms modify their environment to adapt. Additionally, ecological psychology argues that affordances (or possibilities for action) are perceived directly, without the need for mental representations. In summary, ecological psychology proposes a new way of understanding perception and action based on the relationship between the organism and the environment. Ecological psychology is a scientific approach that seeks to explain perception and action without resorting to representations or information processing. It differs from traditional methodologies of cognitive science and seeks to develop a fully embodied, situated, and anti-cognitivist cognitive science. Ecological psychology has done extensive experimental work to empirically ground perception and action and has established a new scientific methodology. It has been related to phenomenology in terms of the idea of "affordances," but ecological psychology seeks a scientific revolution rather than a reform. Enactivism asserts that sensation is connected to action and rejects the idea of sensation as a remnant of Cartesianism. Ecological psychology argues that we are constantly connected to the environment and do not need the mediation of sensation. Enactivism does not develop its own scientific program and accepts the existing methodology inspired by the computer metaphor. There is a dangerous connection between enactivism and cognitivism, although enactivism is anti-representationalist. Ecological psychology has provided experimental work and a conceptual basis for explaining perception-action. Normativity can be understood in a social or causal way, and social normativity is subject to implicit criteria that guide human coexistence. The idea of "enabling constraint" can explain the constitution and functioning of social norms. Affordances have explanatory potential in different disciplinary contexts, such as archaeology and sociology. Adopting an ecological perspective in archaeology and analyzing affordances in sociology can be promising. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents the enactive approach as an alternative to the dominant computationalist paradigm in cognitive science. It highlights the interest in applying this approach to social interaction, proposing a new operational definition of social interaction that emphasizes the cognitive agency of individuals and the need for jointly regulated action. The article seeks to serve as an advanced introduction to these recent developments and provides a synthesis of the most important ideas and developments within the theoretical framework of the enactive approach. The enactive approach and its application in the study of social, individual, and sub-individual phenomena are discussed, as well as the relationship between adaptivity and meaning-making in autonomous systems. The autonomy of the interaction process in multi-agent systems is also explored, and the problem of "cognitive gap" in enactive research is discussed. Furthermore, the importance of social interaction is discussed, and it is proposed that cognition is a prerequisite for sociability. It is argued that cognition is not limited to direct engagement but can also involve issues unrelated to physiological or environmental events. It is proposed that cognition consists of the adaptive preservation of a dynamic network of autonomous sensorimotor structures sustained by continuous interactions with the environment and the body. The importance of mutual interaction between cognitive agents in a multi-agent system for the constitution of social meaning is also discussed. It is argued that the coordination of movements and the regulation of structural coupling are key elements in participatory meaning-making. The concept of sociocognitive interaction is proposed as the co-regulated sensorimotor coupling between at least two cognitive agents, in which the regulation of each agent is oriented towards aspects of mutual coupling. It is mentioned that the definition of sociocognitive interaction should include both co-regulated and enculturated interactions. It is concluded that the enactive approach, which combines structural and phenomenological research, can incorporate anthropology as a central discipline. [Extracted from the article]

The article titled "The Mind Beyond Representation: The Multiple Faces of Embodied Cognition and 4E Theories" proposes a plural and diverse approach to the study of human cognition, questioning the idea that mental representations are necessary to explain mental phenomena. The importance of the body and artifacts as constitutive elements of the mind is emphasized, and theories of embodied, situated, extended, and enactive cognition are presented as alternatives to the computational perspective. The article also addresses the importance of integrating cultural and social context in understanding human cognition, and highlights the growing community of researchers in Latin America studying 4E theories. Additionally, the therapeutic use of psychotropic substances is discussed, arguing that it is necessary to consider symbolic aspects and cultural contexts in studying their therapeutic effects. [Extracted from the article]

Nowadays some debates exist within psychological and neuropsychological assessment fields respecting differences between traditional testing (with pencil and paper) and the same tasks implemented via computer or Tablet programs. In this context, the Mode Effect is defined as the effect by which the same tasks, tested with different devices, may show different results. In addition, the Mode Effect might be associated with higher cognitive load, higher attentional requirements, fatigue and stress among others. The Corsi block-tapping test is widely used in psychology and cognitive sciences to assess visuospatial working memory. Originally, the stimuli sequence was manually set by a researcher which could entail a constraint to run the test accurately. Today, there are many digital versions available for computers or tablets and, although this meant a significant cut on manual steps, there are discussions on the impact these digital versions could have on working memory as opposed to traditional ones. This work focuses on the development of the CorsiBot: a new physical and automated version that enables researchers to assess performance and resolution strategies for the Corsi block-tapping test while combining the benefits of both tangible and digital versions. In addition, this work aimed to compare the performance of a sample of adults between a digital version of Corsi and our CorsiBot. Thirty adults where assessed with both devices with different protocols. After each assessment, participants completed the NASA-TLX questionnaire in order to explore the cognitive load required by each device. Results showed similarities and differences between each device. Specifically, participants showed a similar proportion of correct trials, while showing different types of errors for each version of Corsi. Such differences were related to path errors, where response sequence contains the correct blocks but pressed in an incorrect order. Analyses showed that SoftCorsi was more sensitive to those kind of errors. With respect to cognitive load, participants reported that CorsiBot elicited larger mental exigency than SoftCorsi. The present work aims make a relevant contribution to research and clinical teams interested in the assessment of spatial working memory. This work contributes theoretically with evidence on the behavior of memory under different processing contexts. In addition, it has practical implications related to diagnostic issues on the identification of individual differences under distinct assessment modes. Finally, the device showed effectiveness in the assessment and record of responses that permitted exporting, analyzing and visualizing the results. Schemes and source codes of the devices are openly available for free use for any interested research group or institution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this interview with Emiliano Bruner, a doctor in Animal Biology and an expert in Paleoneurobiology of Hominids, the evolution of the human brain and mind is discussed. Bruner explains that natural selection does not favor individual traits, but rather interconnected "packages" of traits. Additionally, it is mentioned that the parietal lobes show more evident morphological changes in human evolution. Regarding the human brain, the importance of the precuneus in the integration of somatic and visual information is highlighted, although excessive mind wandering can generate stress and anxiety. Bruner also emphasizes the importance of considering the interaction between the brain, the body, the environment, and culture in cognitive processing. Finally, he advises aspiring researchers in cognitive science not to rely too much on the expectations and promises of the economic and cultural system. [Extracted from the article]

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Introduction: The age of confinement brings out renewed demands for learning and makes it necessary to ask how prepared or not our students are to face the changing world. Objective: to analyze the skills used by university students to think critically through everyday situations by means of the application of Halpern's HCTAES test. Materials and methods: The HCTAES test is used, an instrument that seeks to consolidate and evaluate the skills that allow young university students from different undergraduate programs to make use of critical thinking through everyday situations, with the use of software, which allowed the population to answer the test asynchronously at home. The study is situated in quantitative research, nonexperimental type, descriptive-explanatory scope, with a sample size of 295 participants. Results: verbal, argumentative and problemsolving skills had a significant impact on the use of critical thinking in young university students. Their relationship is directly proportional. Conclusions: the categories under study are consistent with the definitions of the structure of the instrument, but they cannot be justified separately when analyzing the information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper is extracted from the research "Relationship between executive functions and social cognition with job performance in the Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios, seccional Bello" carried out in 2019. Social cognition as a fundamental part of higher cognitive processes and Person - Environment interaction is presented as a leading actor at work and in its manifestations, that is, the level of work performance is closely linked to social interaction skills. The article works with a population made up of university professors from the city of Medellín (Colombia) whose performance is variable but within the criteria accepted by that educational institution and who, in addition, do not present emotional alterations or mental illnesses categorized in the DSM -V. A series of tests are applied to this population that are detailed throughout the writing and a direct relationship between social cognition and performance is evidenced. This investigative work promises a great contribution to the improvement, not only of the performance of the teachers, but also of the quality of life of them and their families and the positioning and continuous improvement of the IES (Institutions of Higher Education). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Paco Calvo's (2022) book "Planta Sapiens" offers a bold examination of plant intelligence and behaviour. It covers an array of topics at the intersection of botany and cognitive science, from the nervous system-like organisation of plants to the role of plants in inspiring a new paradigm in robotics. The author is ultimately concerned with the possibility of plant sentience, and "what it is like" to be a plant. In turn, Calvo considers the ethical implications of plant consciousness. The book leaves plenty of room for scepticism, especially regarding the basis for attributing sentience to plants. Nevertheless, it is an exciting invitation to explore the plant kingdom from a fresh perspective, rooted equally in scientific research and philosophical curiosity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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A new revolution in cognitive science is now possible thanks to portable devices enabled to measure physiological variables non-intrusively, the Internet of Things that allows information to be collected and stored in real time from different locations, and big data techniques for identifying patterns that can be used to make decisions, predict behavior or create machine learning and artificial intelligence models. Research supported by these technologies will provide valuable insights into the impact that environmental circumstances have on the cognitive processes involved in different tasks, and how this can be detected through biological markers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Machine learning based on artificial neural networks has fueled the recent rise of artificial intelligence. However, it is not easy to explain the decision making of these models, which can lead to ethical, legal and technology adoption problems. Artificial Cognition takes advantage of the methods of cognitive science to explain the decision making of the most complex systems to interpret of artificial intelligence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article "Handwriting or Keyboard: Can it influence reading development?" by Cognitive Science analyzes the impact of handwriting and keyboard typing on reading development. The question is raised as to whether technological devices can negatively affect the consolidation of the mental representations necessary for word recognition during reading. Recent studies have shown that handwriting facilitates the internalization and recognition of letter patterns, which promotes the learning of the alphabetic representations necessary for reading. It is concluded that handwriting promotes essential skills for the development of literacy and should not be replaced by keyboard typing in the early years of primary school. [Extracted from the article]

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This contribution proposes an introduction to the development and objectives of biolinguistics, as well as a reflection on its status as a scientific discipline. We show that, in general, the consideration of language as a biological property of our species, and not only as a cultural achievement of it, has had a remarkable effect on the development of linguistic theory, and on its connection with other fields of cognitive science, notably with psycholinguistics. We conclude that, although there is still much to be understood about how the brain processes and stores languages, about how this faculty evolved in our species, and how it develops in each person, the integration of theoretical linguistics and cognitive neuroscience is making us increasingly able to turn those mysteries into empirically tractable problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In what follows I seek to answer the question on whether it is possible to integrate two different lines of research on human rationality: on the one hand, some philosophical lines of research of a cognitivist nature (Stanovich, 2002, 2009, 2016), and, on the other, lines of research on the logical reasoning of human agents and normative criteria (Harman, 1984; Morado, 2003; Aliseda, 2004). My answer to such questioning will be affirmative. To defend my point, I shall proceed as follows: first, in sec. 2 I offer the antecedents and characteristics of the cognitivist notion of "intelligence" that has greater acceptance today, the general theory of intelligence, also known as the g factor. Throughout sec. 3 I present the elements thanks to which it has been considered that although g factor manages to satisfactorily evaluate the phenomenon of intelligence, it ignores relevant characteristics from the perspective of what rationality has been considered to be (Sternberg, 1985; Stanovich, 2009). Then, in sec. 4, I present some notions of rationality available in literature on the philosophy of logic (Harman, 1984; Morado, 2003; Aliseda, 2004), and I evaluate what are the distinctive elements of each of these characterizations. In sec. 5, I defend that it is possible to improve our understanding of cognitive styles from the elements of the philosophy of logic exposed in section four. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The debate around the possibility of other animals--in addition to humans--to manage with concepts and complex mental processes has always been linked to the development of cognitive sciences. This article addresses this topic by critically reviewing some of the mayor points in this debate, not only as a key issue in the current philosophy of biology, but as a major topic in the philosophy of mind. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article constitutes the analysis of various theories and linguistic models, under the guidance of action research, with the purpose of determining the elements that will contribute to generating strategies for the production of texts in the classroom from the motivational, linguistic and cognitive perspective. This research was developed with students from the University of Guayaquil, Faculty of Philosophy, Chair Fundamentals of Research Epistemology. The theoretical foundations of Karmiloff-Smith, Hayes, Vílchez and Villasmil were considered in the development of the research, taking from them their contributions on the relationship between writing and cognition, the importance of emotional states, the writing process and the structure of the semantics. The results in the classroom were the expression of creativity through the construction of narrative texts in which the students were able to express in writing what they want to say, thereby demonstrating the acquisition of knowledge in an organized and appropriate way. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Regarding the growing use of PBL for teaching and learning high school Science, there appears the necessity of instruments that make STEM projects evaluation feasible. For that purpose, based on a cognitive model of Science Education that focuses on how scientist work, think and communicate, it was developed a coconstruction and validation process of a rubric instrument. Aided by an interdisciplinary research group on Science Education, the 3-step co-construction process was the context of an evaluative investigation from a qualitative-interpretative approach. By analyzing participants discourse, 4 major tensions were found to have direct implications on project improvement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article I will try to explain three theses, which, in my opinion, constitute the theoretical core of transhumanist philosophy, mainly dealing with 1) the evolution directed by technological means; 2) the limitation on human nature; and 3) perfection as a regulative moral idea. In order to properly address these theses, it is also necessary, in my opinion, to better characterize the difference between posthumanism and transhumanism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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