Minds in (En)action
The Phenomenon of Cognition From an Evolutionary and Ecological Standpoint
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https://doi.org/10.13130/2239-5474/16597Keywords:
Representation, Cognition, Evolution, Extended Synthesis, Complexity, Niche construction, Enaction, Mind-systemAbstract
This paper examines cognitive processes from an evolutionary, ecological and systemic perspective. Starting from Darwinian theory and the development of Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, the reference to evolutionary biology allows a rethinking of minds as complex phenomena "at the crossroads" between organisms (and their structures) and the environments they inhabit and contribute to build. It is proposed that this vision opens a space to overcome philosophical traditions that see in the minds "things" and in cognition a mirroring or representation of the world, to come to an understanding of the former in terms of complex systems and to interpret the latter through the concept of "enaction".
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