Thinking embodiment with genetics: epigenetics and postgenomic biology in embodied cognition and enactivism
Synthese June 18, 2020 Maurizio Meloni, J. Reynolds 19 citations
Most philosophers working on embodied cognition, enactivism, and 4e cognition engage with the life sciences, but they have overlooked recent findings in epigenetics and post-genomic biology. Surveying this research offers a chance to reconsider the link between embodiment and genetics. The authors argue that current epigenetic evidence supports extending an enactivist approach to mind and life, rather than the extended functionalist view of embodied cognition, which is more substrate neutral.