Embodied Minds Evolving: From Animals to AI

by Zdravko Radman (Editor)

This volume brings together leading scholars in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, animal studies, and artificial intelligence to explore how recent developments in embodied and enactive approaches to cognition are reshaping our understanding of minds both natural and artificial. Challenging traditional cognitivist and anthropocentric assumptions, the contributors examine the continuities and differences between human, nonhuman animal, and artificial forms of cognition, consciousness, and agency. Collectively, the chapters argue that questions about mind cannot be fully understood through exclusively human-centered frameworks and that insights from animal cognition and embodiment are increasingly important for contemporary debates about artificial intelligence. The volume offers an interdisciplinary contribution to ongoing discussions about the future of cognition, consciousness, and intelligent systems.

314 pages, Hardcover

Expected publication February 24, 2027