May Travels

It's impressive what Apple's iMovie and Garage Band will let someone with zero talent (like me) do.  But, I think the novelty of this wears off pretty quickly.

I got to do what is, for me, a lot of traveling.  But, it's nothing to compared Colin Allen's 15 cities in 9 countries on four continents and two planets this semester.

I had hoped to get back to more blogging this June, but I am not sure, since I have a very full writing schedule for the summer.  Anyway, after a nice Memorial Day with the kids and grandkids, it's back to nose to the grindstone.

Zednik: Mental Mechanisms and the Extended Mind

Carlos Zednik 

Indiana University Cognitive Science Program 

June 2010

Abstract:

Robert Rupert (2004) challenges the Extended Mind Hypothesis on the grounds that it appears to undermine the viability and productivity of cognitive science. In this paper, I respond to Rupert’s challenge by questioning his construal of cognitive scientific practice. Although the Extended Mind Hypothesis may in fact threaten the viability of a cognitive science that seeks the discovery of law‐like generalizations, cognitive scientists typically seek to describe the mechanisms that underlie such generalizations. By acknowledging the role of mechanistic explanation in contemporary cognitive scientific practice, I argue that the Extended Mind Hypothesis presents no threat to our current and future understanding of mind and cognition.

Link here.

Embodied Cognition over at Brains on Purpose

Here are several posts on embodied cognition from yet another perspective.