La mente estesa ma individuata: una prospettiva simbiotica
In the framework of symbiotic associations, the so-called “holobiontic” perspective has increasingly emerged, according to which animals and plants should no longer be considered as autonomous entities, delimited by clear boundaries, but should rather be seen as functional units, consisting of inter...
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| description | In the framework of symbiotic associations, the so-called “holobiontic” perspective has increasingly emerged, according to which animals and plants should no longer be considered as autonomous entities, delimited by clear boundaries, but should rather be seen as functional units, consisting of inter-relational networks of different species. From this perspective, the functions that were previously ascribed to a single component, must be updated in the light of this relational perspective and rather judged as a product of the functional unit, that is, the holobiont. In a functionalist perspective, the famous conception of the extended mind investigates the hypothesis that the vehicle of cognition can extend not only outside the brain but also beyond the limits of the body, through artificial devices. The present work aims to offer a variant of the extended theory of mind not only as a theoretical possibility but also in accordance with some recent developments in biological and biomedical research. It will therefore be argued that the activity of the human microbiota (bacteria living in associations with the human species) plays a functional role in the regulation of our cognitive processes suggesting that the microbiota constitutes a functional extension of the cognitive system previously described as “human”. The revision and extension of the biological individual in favor of the holobiont as a functional unit (therefore the true creator of cognitive functions) also leads to the need to update the boundaries of the individual as a cognitive agent. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c44ba60f61cb49ecaf8589a172cbcc572022-12-21T18:14:05ZdeuMimesis Edizioni, MilanoRivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia2039-46672239-26292021-12-0112325427010.4453/rifp.2021.0024La mente estesa ma individuata: una prospettiva simbioticaFederico BoemIn the framework of symbiotic associations, the so-called “holobiontic” perspective has increasingly emerged, according to which animals and plants should no longer be considered as autonomous entities, delimited by clear boundaries, but should rather be seen as functional units, consisting of inter-relational networks of different species. From this perspective, the functions that were previously ascribed to a single component, must be updated in the light of this relational perspective and rather judged as a product of the functional unit, that is, the holobiont. In a functionalist perspective, the famous conception of the extended mind investigates the hypothesis that the vehicle of cognition can extend not only outside the brain but also beyond the limits of the body, through artificial devices. The present work aims to offer a variant of the extended theory of mind not only as a theoretical possibility but also in accordance with some recent developments in biological and biomedical research. It will therefore be argued that the activity of the human microbiota (bacteria living in associations with the human species) plays a functional role in the regulation of our cognitive processes suggesting that the microbiota constitutes a functional extension of the cognitive system previously described as “human”. The revision and extension of the biological individual in favor of the holobiont as a functional unit (therefore the true creator of cognitive functions) also leads to the need to update the boundaries of the individual as a cognitive agent.https://www.rifp.it/ojs/index.php/rifp/article/view/rifp.2021.0024microbiotaextended cognitionholobiontsymbiosisfunctionalism |
| spellingShingle | Federico Boem La mente estesa ma individuata: una prospettiva simbiotica Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia microbiota extended cognition holobiont symbiosis functionalism |
| title | La mente estesa ma individuata: una prospettiva simbiotica |
| title_full | La mente estesa ma individuata: una prospettiva simbiotica |
| title_fullStr | La mente estesa ma individuata: una prospettiva simbiotica |
| title_full_unstemmed | La mente estesa ma individuata: una prospettiva simbiotica |
| title_short | La mente estesa ma individuata: una prospettiva simbiotica |
| title_sort | la mente estesa ma individuata una prospettiva simbiotica |
| topic | microbiota extended cognition holobiont symbiosis functionalism |
| url | https://www.rifp.it/ojs/index.php/rifp/article/view/rifp.2021.0024 |
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