Re: [xmca] cognition bounded?

From: Martin Packer <packer who-is-at duq.edu>
Date: Tue Dec 04 2007 - 18:14:59 PST

Yes, I haven't had a moment to check it out further, but I would be
interested to learn from those who do have the time.

Martin

On 12/4/07 11:20 AM, "Peter Smagorinsky" <smago@uga.edu> wrote:

> Thanks Martin--always useful to see a contrary perspective. The descriptor
> says that the book:
> "Articulates and defends the "mark of the cognitive", a common sense theory
> used to distinguish between cognitive and non-cognitive processes"
>
> I always wonder about "common sense" arguments, and the author's belief that
> they are beyond culture.
>
>
> Peter Smagorinsky
> The University of Georgia
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> Athens, GA 30602
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>
>
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> Subject: [xmca] cognition bounded?
>
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>
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> The Bounds of Cognition
>
> By: Frederick Adams(University of Delaware) and Kenneth Aizawa(Centenary
> College of Louisiana)
>
> An alarming number of philosophers and cognitive scientists have argued that
> mind extends beyond the brain and body. This book evaluates these arguments
> and suggests that, typically, it does not.
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