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The Enactivist Revolution
The Enactivist Revolution

Author(s): Kenneth Aizawa
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Ośrodek Badań Filozoficznych
Keywords: enactivism; enaction; cognition; behavior; autopoiesis

Summary/Abstract: Among the many ideas that go by the name of “enactivism” there is the idea that by “cognition” we should understand what is more commonly taken to be behavior. For clarity, label such forms of enactivism “enactivismb.” This ter-minology requires some care in evaluating enactivistb claims. There is a genu-ine risk of enactivist and non-enactivist cognitive scientists talking past one another. So, for example, when enactivistsb write that “cognition does not require representations” they are not necessarily denying what cognitivists claim when they write that “cognition requires representations.” This paper will draw attention to instances of some of these unnecessary confusions.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 19-42
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: English
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