Enactivism

Daniel D. HuttoOnline resourcereference

An authored introduction to enactivism. Compare what an embodied account explains with a representational account.

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How to study this source

  • Must thought represent the world?

    extensionCriticism of representational explanation and enactivist alternatives

    Compare an enacted or embodied explanation with the representational account of the same action.

Ideas and questions

Read background definitions when a term blocks the argument. Then return to the source and reconstruct its claim in your own words.

Read alongside, read against

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    Andy Clark. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

  • Mind in Life

    Evan Thompson. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

  • Being There

    Andy Clark. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

  • The Rediscovery of the Mind

    John Searle. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

  • Representation Reconsidered

    William Ramsey. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.