The Oxford Handbook of 4E Cognition

Summary

This handbook surveys the field of 4E cognition—which views cognition as embodied, embedded, enacted, and extended. It covers debates on the nature of cognition and the link between cognition, perception, and action; discusses Bayesian inference and predictive coding; presents findings on social understanding, including false-belief development; and introduces paradigms for emotions and the interplay of cognition, language, and culture. Thematic sections include critical commentary, and a final section applies 4E approaches to psychiatry and robotics.

Study at a glance

Abstract

Abstract The Oxford Handbook of 4E Cognition provides a systematic overview of the state of the art in the field of 4E cognition: it includes chapters on hotly debated topics, for example, on the nature of cognition and the relation between cognition, perception and action; it discusses recent trends such as Bayesian inference and predictive coding; it presents new insights and findings regarding social understanding including the development of false belief understanding, and introduces new theoretical paradigms for understanding emotions and conceptualizing the interaction between cognition, language and culture. Each thematic section ends with a critical note to foster the fruitful discussion. In addition the final section of the book is dedicated to applications of 4E cognition approaches in disciplines such as psychiatry and robotics. This is a book with high relevance for philosophers, psychologists, psychiatrists, neuroscientists and anyone with an interest in the study of cognition as well as a wider audience with an interest in 4E cognition approaches.