Thinking avant la lettre: A Review of 4E Cognition
Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture December 1, 2020 James Carney 65 citations
The 4E approach to cognition claims that thinking is not confined to the brain but is also embodied, embedded, enacted, or extended through processes and structures outside the skull. Although this view is currently popular, it has undergone relatively little critical scrutiny. This article examines two recent collections of work on 4E cognition to evaluate the paradigm's strengths and weaknesses.