Beyond the Isolated Self: Extended Mind and Spirituality

Extended Cognition is a theory from philosophy of mind that has its roots in the more general notion of Embodied Cognition. Embodied cognition understands all human thought as involving the body (not just the brain), and as always situated in particular contexts. Cognitive extension goes further to...

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VerfasserInnen: Brown, Warren S. 1944- (VerfasserIn) ; Strawn, Brad D. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch/Druck Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Routledge [2017]
In: Theology and science
Jahr: 2017, Band: 15, Heft: 4, Seiten: 411-423
RelBib Classification:CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität
NBE Anthropologie
NBN Ekklesiologie
ZD Psychologie
weitere Schlagwörter:B Christian Life
B Spirituality
B Congregations
B Embodied Cognition
B Embodiment
B Cognitive Extension
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Zusammenfassung:Extended Cognition is a theory from philosophy of mind that has its roots in the more general notion of Embodied Cognition. Embodied cognition understands all human thought as involving the body (not just the brain), and as always situated in particular contexts. Cognitive extension goes further to suggest that intelligent mental processes often include things outside the brain and body, involving interactions with other persons or external artifacts that significantly enhance cognitive capacities. Thus, while intelligence was once thought to be an attribute of a single individual's brain, it is now understood to extend into processes outside the person within immediate interactive space. For example, smart phones or problem-solving groups expand cognitive capacities beyond what is possible on one's own. This article explores the possibility of supersizing-through-extension spirituality and Christian life within the interactive space of congregations and religious communities.
ISSN:1474-6700
Bezug:Kritik in "Response to Early, Russell, Brown, and Newson (2017)"
Enthält:Enthalten in: Theology and science
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2017.1369755