Andy Clark and His CriticsMatteo Colombo, Elizabeth Irvine, Mog Stapleton Andy Clark is a leading philosopher of cognitive science, whose work has had an extraordinary impact throughout philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and robotics. His monographs have led the way for new research programs in the philosophy of mind and cognition: Microcognition (1989) and Associative Engines (1993) introduced the philosophical community to connectionist research and the novel issues it raised; Being There (1997) showed the relevance of embodiment, dynamical systems theory, and minimal computation frameworks for the study of the mind; Natural Born Cyborgs (OUP 2003) presented an accessible development of embodied and embedded approaches to understanding human nature and cognition; Supersizing the Mind (OUP 2008) developed this yet further along with the famous "Extended Mind" hypothesis; and Surfing Uncertainty (OUP 2017) presents a framework for uniting perception, action, and the embodied mind. In Andy Clark and His Critics, a range of high-profile researchers in philosophy of mind, philosophy of cognitive science, and empirical cognitive science, critically engage with Clark's work across the themes of: Extended, Embodied, Embedded, Enactive, and Affective Minds; Natural Born Cyborgs; and Perception, Action, and Prediction. Daniel Dennett provides a foreword on the significance of Clark's work, and Clark replies to each section of the book, thus advancing current literature with original contributions that will form the basis for new discussions, debates and directions in the discipline. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
1 Extended Cognition and Extended Consciousness | 9 |
Extended Information Processing Doesnt Equal Extended Mind | 21 |
3 Clark on Language Cognition and Extended Cognition | 32 |
4 Extended Mental Features | 44 |
5 Extended Affectivity Reconsidered | 56 |
The Roles of Body in Cognition | 69 |
Beyond Parity and Complementarity in the Arguments for Extended Cognition | 81 |
11 The Archaeology of the Extended Mind | 143 |
On the Epistemic Implications of Ecological Information | 161 |
13 Beyond the Desert Landscape | 174 |
14 QuicknLean or Slow and Rich? Andy Clark on Predictive Processing and Embodied Cognition | 191 |
15 How Radical Is Predictive Processing? | 206 |
16 Ways of Mindmaking | 222 |
The Origins of Selfhood in ControlOriented Interoceptive Inference | 238 |
18 The Minds of Insects | 254 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
active inference Adams and Aizawa agent algorithm allostasis Andy Clark argued argument Bayesian inference behavior beliefs bodily body brain Cambridge causal Chemero Clark and Chalmers cognitive extension cognitive processes Cognitive Science cognitive system cognitivist Colombetti complementarity components computational connectionism connectionist consciousness coupling dynamical ecological embodied cognition embodied cognitive science emotion environment epistemic example experience extended cognition extended consciousness extended mind thesis external free energy principle Friston hierarchical Hohwy hominins human implementation inner input integration interaction internal interoceptive involves kind language learning loops Markov blanket memory mental metacognitive minimisation neural neurons Neuroscience notebook one’s optic flow Otto Otto’s Oxford University Press Parity Principle perception and action phenomenology Philosophy precision prediction error predictive coding predictive processing proprioceptive psychology representations role sense sensorimotor sensory Seth signal Sterelny structure suggests Supersizing the Mind Surfing Uncertainty task Tetris theory things tion visual