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The Extended mind- Maryam Amir

ANDY CLARK DAVID J. CHALMERS extended mind theory

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The Extended mind- Maryam Amir

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  1. ANDY CLARK & DAVID J. CHALMERS THE EXTENDED MIND Maryam Amir

  2. Beyond The Body CAN THE MIND EXTEND FURTHER? Into The Environment

  3. HOW FAR DOES THE MIND EXTEND?

  4. VOCABULARY Extend vs Expand Latin extendere, “stretch out,” from ex– “out” + tendere, “to stretch.” Latin expandere, “spread out”, from ex– “out” + pandere “to spread”.

  5. BELIEF EMBEDDED IN MEMORY 1. Inga wants to visit MoMA She recalls from her memory. 2. Otto wants to visit MoMA He Has Alzheimer’s He checks his notebook.

  6. WHY DOES OTTO GO TO 53RDSTREET ? Believes the location is written in the notebook . WHY DOES INGA GO TO 53RDSTREET ? Believes the location is in her memory .

  7. COGNITIVE PROCESSING Inga’s constant belief Otto’s constant belief

  8. A BELIEF IS SIMPLY NOT IN THE HEAD Twin Otto’s constant belief Otto’s constant belief

  9. Putnam & Burge vs C&C ▪ differences in belief are distal and historical . ▪features play an active role in the here-and-now

  10. COUPLED SYSTEM Otto influences Notebook A MUTUAL CAUSAL INFLUENCE BEHAVIOR

  11. COUPLED SYSTEM Otto influences Notebook A MUTUAL CAUSAL INFLUENCE WALKING TO MOMA

  12. TURBO-CHARGING BRAIN ALSO TURBO-CHARGE OUTPUTS

  13. PARITY PRINCIPLE If, as we confront some task, a part of the world functions which, were it to go on in the head, we would have no hesitation in accepting as part of the cognitive process, then that part of the world is (for that time) part of the cognitive process. as a process (C&C, p. 29)

  14. ▪ Neil Harbisson ▪ Nigel Achland ▪ Claudia Mitchell ▪ Steve Mann

  15. Objection1 Inga has more reliable access to the information.

  16. Objection Inga has more reliable access to the information.

  17. Answer ✓ What really counts is that the information is easily available when the subject needs it, and this constraint is satisfied equally in the two cases.

  18. Objection2 Inga has more direct access to the relevant information —by introspection

  19. Answer ✓ why should the nature of an associated phenomenology make a difference to the status of a belief? Inga’s memory may have some associated phenomenology, but it is still a belief.

  20. Answer

  21. HOW FAR DOES THE MIND EXTEND?

  22. HOW FAR DOES THE MIND EXTEND?

  23. HOW FAR DOES THE MIND EXTEND?

  24. Trust & Glue Conditions constant consequence of endorsement directly available automatically endorsed

  25. WHAT ABOUT SOCIALLY EXTENDED COGNITION?

  26. WHAT IS CENTRAL IS A HIGH DEGREE OF TRUST, RELIANCE, AND ACCESSIBILITY.

  27. EXTENDED DESIRE

  28. LANGUAGE The major burden of the coupling between agents.

  29. What, finally, of the self? Does the extended mind imply an extended self? It seems so.

  30. Questions? http://twitter.com/Richard_Menary THANK YOU

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