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. It contrasts embodied and enactive views with classic cognitivism, and discusses major criticisms and their possible resolutions. This element also provides a strong focus on enactive theory and the prospects for integrating enactive approaches with other embodied and extended theories, mediated through recent developments in predictive processing and the free energy principle. It concludes with a brief discussion of the practical applications of embodied cognition. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Genres: Philosophy

90 pages, Paperback

Published August 3, 2023

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[Juan Fernando · Rating 4 out of 5]

¿En dónde ocurre realmente la cognición? ¿Ocurren los procesos mentales exclusivamente en el cerebro? 

Este libro recoge un debate contemporáneo sobre la cognición extendida "Cognición 4E". Una postura, bastante coherente, pero todavía con vacíos, que especula sobre los procesos mentales que ocurren por fuera del cerebro. 

Embodied: En el cuerpo 

Embeded: En nuestros artefactos 

Extended: En el ambiente

Enacted: Ocurre en la interacción energética con el mundo. 

Es un libro intenso, corto, técnico, con los elementos centrales de este debate de la filosofía de la mente y las neurociencias. 

Para esta exploración conceptual sobre la mente y la cognición, me parece más interesante leer la versión revisada de The Embodied Mind de Francisco Varela et, al

[EmmaDR · Rating 4 out of 5]

non trovo l'edizione italiana ma dovrebbe essere questo