Extended X: extending the reach of active externalism
Extended X: extending the reach of active externalism
The terms "extended cognition" and the "extended mind" identify two strands of philosophical argument that are commonly subsumed under the general heading of active externalism. The present paper describes an integrated approach to understanding extended cognition and the extended mind—one that papers over the differences between these two, ostensibly distinct, forms of cognitive extension. As an added bonus, the paper describes how active externalism might be applied to the realm of non-cognitive phenomena, thereby yielding an expansion in the theoretical and empirical scope of the active externalist enterprise. Both these points of progress stem from what is called the dispositional hypothesis. According to the dispositional hypothesis, extended cognition occurs when the mechanisms responsible for the manifestation of dispositional properties include components that lie beyond the borders of the thing to which the dispositional properties are ascribed.
Active Externalism, Disposition, Extended Cognition, Extended Mind, Mechanism, Active externalism, Extended mind, Extended cognition
Smart, Paul R.
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March 2024
Smart, Paul R.
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Abstract
The terms "extended cognition" and the "extended mind" identify two strands of philosophical argument that are commonly subsumed under the general heading of active externalism. The present paper describes an integrated approach to understanding extended cognition and the extended mind—one that papers over the differences between these two, ostensibly distinct, forms of cognitive extension. As an added bonus, the paper describes how active externalism might be applied to the realm of non-cognitive phenomena, thereby yielding an expansion in the theoretical and empirical scope of the active externalist enterprise. Both these points of progress stem from what is called the dispositional hypothesis. According to the dispositional hypothesis, extended cognition occurs when the mechanisms responsible for the manifestation of dispositional properties include components that lie beyond the borders of the thing to which the dispositional properties are ascribed.
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Accepted/In Press date: 14 December 2023
e-pub ahead of print date: 2 January 2024
Published date: March 2024
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Active Externalism, Disposition, Extended Cognition, Extended Mind, Mechanism, Active externalism, Extended mind, Extended cognition
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Local EPrints ID: 486153
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/486153
ISSN: 1389-0417
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