From Wide Cognition to Mechanisms: A Silent Revolution
In this paper, we argue that several recent ‘wide’ perspectives on cognition (embodied, embedded, extended, enactive, and distributed) are only partially relevant to the study of cognition. While these wide accounts override traditional methodological individualism, the study of cognition has alread...
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| author | Marcin Miłkowski Robert Clowes Zuzanna Rucińska Aleksandra Przegalińska Tadeusz Zawidzki Joel Krueger Adam Gies Marek McGann Łukasz Afeltowicz Witold Wachowski Fredrik Stjernberg Victor Loughlin Mateusz Hohol Mateusz Hohol |
| author_facet | Marcin Miłkowski Robert Clowes Zuzanna Rucińska Aleksandra Przegalińska Tadeusz Zawidzki Joel Krueger Adam Gies Marek McGann Łukasz Afeltowicz Witold Wachowski Fredrik Stjernberg Victor Loughlin Mateusz Hohol Mateusz Hohol |
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| description | In this paper, we argue that several recent ‘wide’ perspectives on cognition (embodied, embedded, extended, enactive, and distributed) are only partially relevant to the study of cognition. While these wide accounts override traditional methodological individualism, the study of cognition has already progressed beyond these proposed perspectives toward building integrated explanations of the mechanisms involved, including not only internal submechanisms but also interactions with others, groups, cognitive artifacts, and their environment. Wide perspectives are essentially research heuristics for building mechanistic explanations. The claim is substantiated with reference to recent developments in the study of “mindreading” and debates on emotions. We argue that the current practice in cognitive (neuro)science has undergone, in effect, a silent mechanistic revolution, and has turned from initial binary oppositions and abstract proposals toward the integration of wide perspectives with the rest of the cognitive (neuro)sciences. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a5346a6d661d46d1954dcd2428aa760b2022-12-22T00:48:52ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782018-12-01910.3389/fpsyg.2018.02393385414From Wide Cognition to Mechanisms: A Silent RevolutionMarcin Miłkowski0Robert Clowes1Zuzanna Rucińska2Aleksandra Przegalińska3Tadeusz Zawidzki4Joel Krueger5Adam Gies6Marek McGann7Łukasz Afeltowicz8Witold Wachowski9Fredrik Stjernberg10Victor Loughlin11Mateusz Hohol12Mateusz Hohol13Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, PolandFaculty of Human and Social Sciences, New University of Lisbon, Lisbon, PortugalInstitute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, PolandDepartment of International Management, Kozminski University, Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Philosophy, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United StatesDepartment of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology, University of Exeter, Exeter, United KingdomDepartment of Philosophy and Religion, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United StatesDepartment of Psychology, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Limerick, IrelandInstitute of Sociology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, PolandInstitute of Philosophy, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland0Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden1Department of Philosophy, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, BelgiumInstitute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland2Copernicus Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, PolandIn this paper, we argue that several recent ‘wide’ perspectives on cognition (embodied, embedded, extended, enactive, and distributed) are only partially relevant to the study of cognition. While these wide accounts override traditional methodological individualism, the study of cognition has already progressed beyond these proposed perspectives toward building integrated explanations of the mechanisms involved, including not only internal submechanisms but also interactions with others, groups, cognitive artifacts, and their environment. Wide perspectives are essentially research heuristics for building mechanistic explanations. The claim is substantiated with reference to recent developments in the study of “mindreading” and debates on emotions. We argue that the current practice in cognitive (neuro)science has undergone, in effect, a silent mechanistic revolution, and has turned from initial binary oppositions and abstract proposals toward the integration of wide perspectives with the rest of the cognitive (neuro)sciences.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02393/fullembodied cognitiongrounded cognitionextended mindscaffolded mindenactivismdistributed cognition |
| spellingShingle | Marcin Miłkowski Robert Clowes Zuzanna Rucińska Aleksandra Przegalińska Tadeusz Zawidzki Joel Krueger Adam Gies Marek McGann Łukasz Afeltowicz Witold Wachowski Fredrik Stjernberg Victor Loughlin Mateusz Hohol Mateusz Hohol From Wide Cognition to Mechanisms: A Silent Revolution Frontiers in Psychology embodied cognition grounded cognition extended mind scaffolded mind enactivism distributed cognition |
| title | From Wide Cognition to Mechanisms: A Silent Revolution |
| title_full | From Wide Cognition to Mechanisms: A Silent Revolution |
| title_fullStr | From Wide Cognition to Mechanisms: A Silent Revolution |
| title_full_unstemmed | From Wide Cognition to Mechanisms: A Silent Revolution |
| title_short | From Wide Cognition to Mechanisms: A Silent Revolution |
| title_sort | from wide cognition to mechanisms a silent revolution |
| topic | embodied cognition grounded cognition extended mind scaffolded mind enactivism distributed cognition |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02393/full |
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