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Andy Clark

Disciplines:
philosophy of mind
cognitive science

Summary

British philosopher who co-developed the extended mind thesis — arguing that cognitive processes can extend beyond the brain into body and environment.

Core Contribution

The Extended Mind (with Chalmers): if a process outside the brain plays the same role as an internal process, it is part of the cognitive system — Otto and his notebook. Supersizing the Mind: a full account of extended, embodied, enacted cognition. Surfing Uncertainty: the predictive processing framework — the brain as a prediction machine.

Notable Works & Achievements

Being There

Natural-Born Cyborgs

Supersizing the Mind

Surfing Uncertainty

Historical Influences

David Chalmers Merleau-Ponty

Intellectual Lineage

Cognitive Science Embodied Cognition

Contemporaries & Peers

David Chalmers Karl Friston

Minds Influenced

Cognitive Science Embodied Cognition

Intellectual Posterity

Extended Mind ThesisPredictive Processing

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