Pragmatic interventions into enactive and extended conceptions of cognition

Authors

Shaun Gallagher, University of Wollongong

RIS ID

95041

Publication Details

Gallagher, S. (2014). Pragmatic interventions into enactive and extended conceptions of cognition. Philosophical Issues, 24 (1), 110-126.

Abstract

Clear statements of both extended and enactive conceptions of cognition can be found in John Dewey and other pragmatists. In this paper I'll argue that we can find resources in the pragmatists to address two ongoing debates: (1) in contrast to recent disagreements between proponents of extended vs enactive cognition, pragmatism supports a more integrative viewan enactive conception of extended cognition, and (2) pragmatist views suggest ways to answer the main objections raised against extended and enactive conceptionsspecifically objections focused on constitution versus causal factors, and the mark of the mental.