4E Cognitive Science and Wittgenstein

This book demonstrates for the first time how the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein can transform 4E Cognitive Science. In particular, it shows how insights from Wittgenstein can empower those within 4E to reject the long held view that our minds must involve representations inside our heads.The book begins by showing how proponents of 4E are divided amongst themselves. Proponents of Extended Mind insist that internal representations are always needed to explain the human mind. However, proponents of Enacted Mind reject this claim. Using insights from Ludwig Wittgenstein, the book introduces and defends a new theoretical framework called Structural Enacted or Extended Mind (STEEM). STEEM brings together Enacted Mind and Extended Mind in a way that rejects all talk of internal representations. STEEM thus highlights the anti-representationalist credentials of 4E and so demonstrates how 4E can herald a new beginning when it comes to thinking about the mind.

Dr. Victor Loughlin is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Philosophical Psychology at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. His work has been published in journals including Synthese, the European Journal of Philosophy and Philosophia. Further details about him can be found at his website: victorlouglin.com

Auteur
Dr. Victor Loughlin is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Philosophical Psychology at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. His work has been published in journals including Synthese, the European Journal of Philosophy and Philosophia. Further details about him can be found at his website: victorlouglin.com

Contenu

1. Introduction1.1. Thinking with and through Wittgenstein1.2. Summaries of the chapters
2. First and Second Wave Extended Mind2.1. Introduction2.2. First Wave Extended Mind2.3. Snakes and Adders2.4. Second Wave Extended Mind2.5. Conclusion
3. Radical and Sensorimotor Enacted Mind3.1. Introduction3.2. Radical Enactive or Embodied Mind (REC)3.3. Sensorimotor Enactivism3.4. The Representationalist Objection (RO)3.5. Conclusion
4. Wittgenstein on rules4.1. Introduction4.2. Internal Relations4.3. Rules and the Process Model4.4. Enacting rules4.5. Conclusion
5. Making sense of our minds5.1. Introduction5.2. Minds are strange things?5.3. Feeling pain5.4. Making sense of our talk about the mind5.5. Conclusion
6. Structural Enacted or Extended Mind (STEEM)6.1. Introduction6.2. Challenging the Representational Orthodoxy6.3. Structural Enacted Mind6.4. Structural Extended Mind6.5. Full STEEM ahead