Converging enactivisms: radical enactivism meets linguistic bodies
Adaptive Behavior June 10, 2021 Giovanni Rolla, Jeferson Huffermann 20 citations
Two branches of the enactivist research program—Radically Enactive Cognition and Linguistic Bodies—converge on the idea that the normativity of human cognitive capacities rests on shared know-how. Radical enactivism emphasizes the diachronic dimension of shared know-how, while linguistic bodies emphasize the synchronic one. Because know-how is normative, it implies basic content: the content of successful ongoing interactions between agent(s) and environment. Basic content does not involve accuracy conditions or representational content, thus avoiding the Hard Problem of Content. This account aligns with the claim that participatory sense-making in linguistic exchanges is continuous with biological organization and sensorimotor engagements.