Selected reading: Criticism of representational explanation and enactivist alternatives.
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Must thought represent the world?
Ask whether a representational label explains a mechanism or merely redescribes its behaviour.
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
Surfing Uncertainty
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.
Naturalizing the Mind
Fred Dretske. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.