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What is this cognition that is supposed to be embodied?

Authors :
Aizawa, Ken
Source :
Philosophical Psychology. Aug2015, Vol. 28 Issue 6, p755-775. 21p.
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

Many cognitive scientists have recently championed the thesis that cognition is embodied. In principle, explicating this thesis should be relatively simple. There are, essentially, only two concepts involved: cognition and embodiment. After articulating what will here be meant by ‘embodiment’, this paper will draw attention to cases in which some advocates of embodied cognition apparently do not mean by ‘cognition’ what has typically been meant by ‘cognition’. Some advocates apparently mean to use ‘cognition’ not as a term for one, among many, causes of behavior, but for what has more often been called “behavior.” Some consequences for this proposal are considered. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Subjects

Subjects :
*COGNITIVE science
*HUMAN behavior

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
09515089
Volume :
28
Issue :
6
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Philosophical Psychology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
103063576
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2013.875280