New Science of the Mind From Extended Mind to Embodied Phenomenology

Name: New Science of the Mind From Extended Mind to Embodied Phenomenology
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ISBN: 9780262518581

ISBN-10: 0262518589

ISBN-13: 9780262518581

Edition: 2010

Authors: Mark J. Rowlands

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There is a new way of thinking about the mind that does not locate mental processesexclusively "in the head." Some think that this expanded conception of the mind will bethe basis of a new science of the mind. In this book, leading philosopher Mark Rowlands investigatesthe conceptual foundations of this new science of the mind. The new way of thinking about the mindemphasizes the ways in which mental processes are embodied (made up partly of extraneural bodilystructures and processes), embedded (designed to function in tandem with the environment), enacted(constituted in part by action), and extended (located in the environment). The new way of thinkingabout the mind, Rowlands writes, is…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 1/11/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.06" wide x 8.98" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English

Mark Rowlands is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Miami. He is the author of The Body in Mind: Understanding Cognitive Processes, Body Language: Representation in Action (MIT Press, 2006), The Philosopher and the Wolf, and other books.