Extended Minds

Immediate Objection

💭 Consciousness doesn't necessarily expand into the environment

Abstract Two Versions of the Extended Mind Thesis

💭 Extended mind 💭 Functionalism 💭 Vehicle externalism 💭 Standing state

The mind extends how far?

💭 Extending the mind from another persons mind like philosopher mind to ones individual mind.

Further Worries

💭 External environment has to hang onto the mind

What does Diva show us?

💭 Neuronal activity 💭 Your brain doesn't do any cognition, in fact your mind does 💭 If achieved in the brain is done at physical level, the mind can extend beyond the brain

The Twin Earth Thought Experiment

💭 Only difference is the substance water.

Otto and His Notebook

💭 Otto Records notebook like it's apart of his mind 💭 Otto's mind is extended into the notebook.

Differences between Otto and Inga

💭 Otto: Experience is mediated by visual experience (has to recall from notebook/journal) 💭 Inga doesn't have to recall from her book, just straight out from her memory 💭 We can recall a lot of memories by using mnemonics (the study and development of systems for improving and assisting the memory).

Why should anyone dislike EM1?

💭 Physical basis can extend beyond the body 💭 Extension beyond physical states

How Far Does the Mind Extend?

💭 Properties within the extended mind. 💭 We addicted to our phones and make use of internet resources

What we learn from Twin Earth

💭 The belief that water is wet! 💭 You and your twin will have different thoughts 💭 What's in the mental state depends on how the world is

Diva, Otto, Inga

💭 The physical realization of your mind isn't limited inside your head

Clark and Chalmers (1998)

💭 Where can the mind be located?