The Bounds of Cognition

Acknowledgments.

1 Introduction.

2 Refining the Issues.

2.1 What are the Boundaries?

2.2 What is Cognition?

2.3 The Possibility of Extended Cognition.

2.4 Conclusion.

3 Original Content.

3.1 Part of the Mark of the Cognitive: Non-Derived Content.

3.2 The Basics on Derived and Underived Content.

3.3 Dennett’s Critique of Original Content.

3.4 Clark’s Critique of Original Content.

3.5 Anti-Representationalism in Dynamical Systems and Mobile Robotics.

3.6 Conclusion.

4 Cognitive Processes.

4.1 Individuating Process Types in Science.

4.2 Individuating Processes in Cognitive Psychology.

4.3 A Broader Category of Cognition.

4.4 Conclusion.

5 The Mark of the Cognitive, Extended Cognition Style.

5.1 Cognition as Information Processing, as Computation, and as Abiding in the Meaningful.

5.2 Operationalism.

5.3 Is This Merely a Terminological Issue?

5.4 Conclusion.

6 The Coupling-Constitution Fallacy.

6.1 Some Examples of the Coupling-Constitution Fallacy.

6.2 Replies to the Coupling-Constitution Fallacy.

6.3 Conclusion.

7 Extended Cognitive Systems and Extended Cognitive Processes.

7.1 Dynamical Systems Theory and Coupling.

7.2 Haugeland’s Theory of Systems and the Coupling of Components.

7.3 Clark’s Theories of Systems and Coupling.

7.4 Conclusion.

8 Cognitive Equivalence, Complementarity, and Evolution.

8.1 Cognitive Equivalence.

8.2 The Complementarity Argument.

8.3 Evolutionary Arguments.

8.4 Conclusion: The Importance of the Mark of the Cognitive.

9 Inference to the Best Explanation and Extended Cognition.

9.1 What is the Theory of Enactive Perception?

9.2 Noë’s Evidence for Enactive Perception.

9.3 The Case against Enactive Perception: Paralysis.

9.4 Conclusion.

10 Future Directions.

Bibliography.

Index.