Language, languaging, and the Extended Mind Hypothesis

Pragmatics and Cognition 17 (3):677-697 (2009)
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After a brief summary of Andy Clark's book, Supersizing the Mind I address Clark's approach to language which I argue to be inadequate. Clark is criticized for reifying language, thus neglecting that it is an interpersonal activity, not a stable system of symbols. With a starting point in language as a social phenomenon, I suggest an ecological approach to the extended mind hypothesis, arguing against Clark's assumption that the extended mind is necessarily brain-centered.

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Aspects of the Theory of Syntax.John Lyons - 1966 - Philosophical Quarterly 16 (65):393-395.
Material symbols.Andy Clark - 2006 - Philosophical Psychology 19 (3):291-307.

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