Cited by 2,631Embodied and Extended CognitionCybernetics and Technology in SocietySocial Robot Interaction and HRI

Being there: putting brain, body, and world together again

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Andy Clark·1997·Choice Reviews Online

Abstract

Brain, body, and world are united in a complex dance of circular causation and extended computational activity. In Being There, Andy Clark weaves these several threads into a pleasing whole and goes on to address foundational questions concerning the new tools and techniques needed to make sense of the emerging sciences of the embodied mind. Clark brings together ideas and techniques from robotics, neuroscience, infant psychology, and artificial intelligence. He addresses a broad range of adaptive behaviors, from cockroach locomotion to the role of linguistic artifacts in higher-level thought.

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  • There is no generally accepted definition for the concept of cognition in the cognitive sciences, given ongoing controversies between representationalist and anti-representationalist accounts and between intra-cranial and distributed or extended approaches to cognitive processes.

    “there is no generally accepted definition for the concept of cognition in the cognitive sciences either, given the ongoing controversies between the representationalist and the anti-representationalist accounts of cognition as well as between the intra-cranial and the distributed or extended approaches to cognitive processes (e.g. Bechtel,2008; Clark,1997; Hutchins,1995; Turner,2018).”

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Authors
Clark, A.
Corresponding author
Andy Clark
Venue
Choice Reviews Online
Published
1997-07-01
Volume
34
Issue
11
Pages
34-6204-34-6204
ISSN
  • 0009-4978 (ISSN-L)
  • 1523-8253
OpenAlex
W2469390141
Cited by
2,631
References
196
Citations by year
2025: 54 · 2024: 71 · 2023: 116 · 2022: 131 · 2021: 130 · 2020: 185 · 2019: 210 · 2018: 118 · 2017: 111 · 2016: 108 · 2015: 130 · 2014: 106 · 2013: 102 · 2012: 122
Type
book review
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • Choice Reviews Online (publishedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Embodied and Extended Cognition
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Cybernetics and Technology in Society
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Social Robot Interaction and HRI
Keywords
embodied mind, extended mind, brain-body-environment interaction, circular causality, robotics, infant psychology, artificial intelligence, adaptive behavior, cockroach locomotion

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