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Mind extension
About: Mind extension is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 175 publications have been published within this topic receiving 16443 citations.
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TL;DR: The authors advocate an externalism about mind, but one that is in no way grounded in the debatable role of external reference in fixing the contents of our mental states, rather, they advocate an *active externalism*, based on the active role of the environment in driving cognitive processes.
Abstract: Where does the mind stop and the rest of the world begin? The question invites two standard replies. Some accept the intuitive demarcations of skin and skull, and say that what is outside the body is outside the mind. Others are impressed by arguments suggesting that the meaning of our words "just ain't in the head", and hold that this externalism about meaning carries over into an externalism about mind. We propose to pursue a third position. We will advocate an externalism about mind, but one that is in no way grounded in the debatable role of external reference in fixing the contents of our mental states. Rather, we advocate an *active externalism*, based on the active role of the environment in driving cognitive processes.
4,172 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the meaning of life as "standard equipment thinking machines revenge of the nerds the mind's eye good ideas good ideas hotheads family values the meaning" and describe a family with three children.
Abstract: Standard equipment thinking machines revenge of the nerds the mind's eye good ideas hotheads family values the meaning of life.
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01 Jan 1968
TL;DR: A classification of theories of mind can be found in this paper, with a focus on dualism, dualism and the attribute theory of the central-state theory of mind, as well as on the nature of mind.
Abstract: Preface to the Paperback Edition Introduction Part One: Theories of Mind 1 A Classification of Theories of Mind 2 Dualism 3 The Attribute Theory 4 A Difficulty for any Non-materialist Theory of Mind 5 Behaviourism 6The Central-State Theory Part Two: The Concept of Mind 7 The Will (1) 8 The Will (2) 9 Knowledge and Inference 10 Perception and Belief 11 Perception and Behaviour 12 The Secondary Qualities 13 Mental Images 14 Bodily Sensations 15 Introspection 16 Belief and Thought Part Three: The Nature of Mind 17 Identification of the Mental with the Physical Bibliography Index
1,268 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors contrast two accounts of how children understand the mind: one is the view that the child's early understanding of mind is an implicit theory analogous to scientific theories, and changes in that understanding may be understood as theory changes.
Abstract: How do children (and indeed adults) understand the mind? In this paper we contrast two accounts. One is the view that the child's early understanding of mind is an implicit theory analogous to scientific theories, and changes in that understanding may be understood as theory changes. The second is the view that the child need not really understand the mind, in the sense of having some set of beliefs about it. She bypasses conceptual understanding by operating a working model of the mind and reading its
936 citations