The value of cognitivism in thinking about extended cognition

Frederick Adams

Kenneth Aizawa

pp. 579-603

in: Richard Menary (ed), 4E Cognition: embodied, embedded, enacted, extended, Phenomenology and the cognitive sciences 9 (4), 2010.

Abstract

This paper will defend the cognitivist view of cognition against recent challenges from Andy Clark and Richard Menary. It will also indicate the important theoretical role that cognitivism plays in understanding some of the core issues surrounding the hypothesis of extended cognition.