where is the mind? Flashcards

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3 Main Aspects of This Topic

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1.) indirect & direct perception
2.) embodied cognition
3.) where is the mind?

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Indirect vs Direct Perception

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Indirect:
* perception impoverished - rely on internal structures to make sense of the world

Direct:
* perceive “as is”
* directly pick up flow of light patterns from optic array

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Embodied Cognition

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  • Clark & Chalmers: “where does the mind stop, and the rest of the world begin?”
  • cognition situated (brain, body, environment one ‘system’)
  • relations: neither representations nor environmental determinism
  • brains simply orient bodies to pick up info / act on world
  • emphasises that cognition typically involves acting with a physical body on an environment in which that body is immersed
  • the mind emerges from relations between brain, body, and world
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2 Technological Examples (embodied vs not embodied):

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Honda’s ASIMO:
* traditional
* computational, big CPU & programming
* slow & error prone

Boston Dynamic’s Big Dog:
* embodied
* dynamical systems, relational sensors
* adapts to situation

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Shapiro’s Replacement Hypothesis

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“Why not let the body and environment come into the cognitive mix?”

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Radical Embodied Cognition

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Anti-representationalism:
* critique epistemological tradition - knowledge does not “mirror” reality
* the human mind is not a representational device

Radical embodied cognitive science:
* viewing perception and cognition to be understandable only in terms of action in the environment

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