embodied cognition, enactivism, and the extended mind
university of wollongong, december 10th-11th, 2009
This workshop will explore the complementary analyses of embodied, enactive and extended approaches to cognition. In particular, workshop participants will focus on questions such as: Is there is a biological basis to the extended mind? Is cognition embodied and embedded but not extended? And does an enactive account of cognitive skills exclude an appeal to cognitive representations?
Recent research on embodied cognition, enactivism and the extended mind depicts thought and reason as inextricably tied to the details of bodily form, habits of action and the complex web of social and cultural interactions, technological artefacts and linguistic and representational tokens in which we live, move, learn and think. Just how we think of the way that out bodies and environments shape and constitute our minds matters to empirical and philosophical work on the self, the mind and our capacities to think and reason. Taking the body, environment and culture seriously is making a difference to how researchers approach the study of these interrelated phenomena.
There is a $30 registration fee for participants who are not presenting papers. Workshop lunches and dinners are open for guests to join for a moderate fee. Please contact Richard Menary by Friday, December 4th, if you are interested in attending.
The workshop is part of the ARC Discovery project: Embodied Virtues and Expertise.
Recent research on embodied cognition, enactivism and the extended mind depicts thought and reason as inextricably tied to the details of bodily form, habits of action and the complex web of social and cultural interactions, technological artefacts and linguistic and representational tokens in which we live, move, learn and think. Just how we think of the way that out bodies and environments shape and constitute our minds matters to empirical and philosophical work on the self, the mind and our capacities to think and reason. Taking the body, environment and culture seriously is making a difference to how researchers approach the study of these interrelated phenomena.
There is a $30 registration fee for participants who are not presenting papers. Workshop lunches and dinners are open for guests to join for a moderate fee. Please contact Richard Menary by Friday, December 4th, if you are interested in attending.
The workshop is part of the ARC Discovery project: Embodied Virtues and Expertise.