Paul Thagard on the Extended Breath Hypothesis

"Consider Otto, a man with severe emphysema resulting from years of smoking that destroyed the air sacs in his lungs."

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/hot-thought/201310/the-extended-breath

Thanks to Larry Shapiro for bringing my attention to this.  Is this the first less than enthusiastic treatment of EEEE cognition/mind/emotion/consciousness that they've had over at Psychology Today?