A Moderate Approach to Embodied Cognitive Science
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There are many research programs in cognitive science that urge a re-orientation under the banner of "embodied cognition." Most of these programs promote a rather radical alternative to "standard" or "classical" cognitivism (for a recent review, see Shapiro 2011). Despite the common label, the programs are very heterogeneous, and I shall make no attempt here to survey them or offer any taxonomy. The present paper also uses the label of "embodied cognition," but it advances a rather moderate conception of embodiment-oriented cognitive science. While highlighting the pervasiveness in cognition of bodily factors, it does not invoke this as a ground for revolutionizing the methodology of cognitive science.
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