Extended Epistemology
J. Adam Carter, Andy Clark, Jesper Kallestrup, S. Orestis Palermos, and Duncan Pritchard
Abstract
One of the most important research programs in contemporary cognitive science is that of extended cognition. In this area of study, features of a subject’s cognitive environment can, in certain conditions, become constituent parts of the cognitive process itself. The aim of this volume is to explore the epistemological ramifications of this idea. The book brings together papers written by a range of distinguished and emerging academics, from a variety of different perspectives, to investigate the very idea of an extended epistemology. The first part of the volume explores foundational issues w ... More
One of the most important research programs in contemporary cognitive science is that of extended cognition. In this area of study, features of a subject’s cognitive environment can, in certain conditions, become constituent parts of the cognitive process itself. The aim of this volume is to explore the epistemological ramifications of this idea. The book brings together papers written by a range of distinguished and emerging academics, from a variety of different perspectives, to investigate the very idea of an extended epistemology. The first part of the volume explores foundational issues with regard to an extended epistemology as well as from a critical perspective. The second part of the volume examines the applications of this idea, and the new theoretical directions that it might take us. These include the relevance of Chinese philosophy, the ethical ramifications of extended epistemology, and its import to the epistemology of education, moral ethics, and emerging digital technologies.
Keywords:
contemporary cognitive science,
extended cognition,
epistemology,
Chinese philosophy,
moral ethics,
digital,
education
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2018 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780198769811 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: June 2018 |
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780198769811.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
J. Adam Carter, editor
University of Glasgow
Andy Clark, editor
University of Edinburgh
Jesper Kallestrup, editor
University of Edinburgh
S. Orestis Palermos, editor
University of Edinburgh
Duncan Pritchard, editor
University of Edinburgh
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