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1 online resource (309 p.) |
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Studies in brain and mind ; v. 23 |
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Studies in brain and mind ; v. 23.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 The Quest for a Methodological Grounding -- 1.2 Method(ologi)cal Criticism -- 1.3 Sketch of Current Method(olog)ical Approaches and Resources -- 1.4 Methodological Preliminaries and the Contributions of this Volume -- References -- Part I: Philosophy of Science -- Chapter 2: A Methodological Problem of Choice for 4E Research -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 In Need for a Methodology -- 2.3 The Problem of Choice -- 2.3.1 Explanatory Unification -- 2.3.2 Explanatory Pluralism -- 2.4 Explanation Types in 4E Research -- 2.5 A Spectrum of Integration |
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2.5.1 Relation of Conditions and Stances -- 2.5.2 Example of Cross-Explanatory Integration -- 2.6 Where to Be in the Spectrum of Integration -- 2.7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: A Professional Guide to Explanation. Commentary on "A Methodological Problem of Choice for 4E Research" -- References -- Chapter 4: Explanatory Diversity and Embodied Cognitive Science: Reflexivity Motivates Pluralism -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Philosophical Problem of Explanatory Diversity -- 4.2.1 Explanatory Diversity in Embodied Cognitive Science -- 4.3 Explanation and Pluralism(s) |
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4.3.1 Problems with Integrationist and Isolationist Pluralisms -- 4.3.2 Pluralism of Explanatory Styles -- 4.4 Reflexivity, Mind, and Embodiment -- 4.4.1 Reflexivity? -- 4.4.2 Reflexivity in the Enactive Tradition -- 4.4.3 Situated Reflexivity -- 4.5 From a Situated Reflexive Stance on Explanatory Diversity to Pluralism of Explanatory Styles -- References -- Chapter 5: Commentary on "Explanatory Diversity and Embodied Cognitive Science: Reflexivity Motivates Pluralism" -- 5.1 The Problem of Bypassing the Question -- 5.2 The Problem of a 4E Precondition -- 5.3 The Problem of a Small Vicious Circle |
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5.4 The Incorporation Problem -- References -- Chapter 6: Ecological Psychology, Enaction, and the Quest for an Embodied and Situated Cognitive Science -- 6.1 Towards an Embodied and Situated Cognitive Science -- 6.1.1 Where Do We Come From? -- 6.1.1.1 Ecological Psychology -- 6.1.1.2 Enaction -- 6.1.2 Where Are We Now? -- 6.1.3 What Do We Need? -- 6.2 Enaction: Philosophy of Nature or Research Program? -- 6.3 Ecological Psychology: A Philosophical and Scientific Framework -- 6.3.1 Ecological Psychology as a Philosophy of Nature |
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6.3.2 Ecological Psychology as a Research Program and Scientific Framework -- 6.4 Conclusion: Following the Ecological Lead -- References -- Chapter 7: Normativity and the Methodology of 4E Cognition: Taking Stock and Going Forward -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Three Claims on Normativity and Cognition -- 7.3 Normativity as Constitutive of Cognition: Ontological and Semantic Ascents -- 7.4 Folk Psychology and the Normativity of Daily Intentional Concepts -- 7.5 Beyond Neuroscience as a Conveyor of Confirmations for 4E Cognition |
| Summary |
This volume assembles supporters and critics of situated cognition research to evaluate the intricacies, prerequisites, possibilities, and scope of a 4E methodology. The contributions are divided into three categories. The first category entails papers dealing with a 4E methodology from the perspective of epistemology and philosophy of science. It discusses whether to support explanatory pluralism or explanatory unification and focuses on possible compromises between ecological psychology and enactivism. The second category addresses ontological questions regarding the synchronic and diachronic constitution of cognitive phenomena, the localization of cognitive processes, and the theoretical issue of mutual manipulability. The third category analyzes how the theoretical and practical commitments of 4E approaches lead to empirically supported investigations of different phenomena, such as research on affordances and (chronic) pain. The book renews attention to the possible adverse consequences coming along with methodical fragmentation, as found among 4E positions. It provides an overdue first step towards a systematic and positive answer to methodological concerns in situated cognition research. Without this and further steps in the future, the growth of 4Es significance for the scientific study of the mind might stall or even decrease. With such steps, situated cognition research could realize its frequently highlighted but so far not comprehensively accessed potential to change radically the modalities of how cognitive phenomena are studied. This volume is of interest to scholars of the philosophy of mind |
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7.6 Neuroscience without Folk Psychology, Folk Psychology Without Literalism |
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Includes index |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 12, 2023) |
| Subject |
Cognition -- Research -- Methodology
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Philosophy of mind.
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Cognition -- Research -- Methodology
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Philosophy of mind
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Casper, Mark-Oliver
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Artese, Giuseppe Flavio
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| ISBN |
3031397444 |
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9783031397448 |
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