Sketch this: extended mind and consciousness extension
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 12 (1):41-50 (2013)
| Abstract | This paper will defend the claim that, under certain circumstances, the material vehicles responsible for an agent’s conscious experience can be partly constituted by processes outside the agent’s body. In other words, the consciousness of the agent can extend. This claim will be supported by the Extended Mind Thesis (EMT) example of the artist and their sketchpad (Clark 2001, 2003). It will be argued that if this example is one of EMT, then this example also supports an argument for consciousness extension. Clark (2009) rejects claims of consciousness extension. This paper will challenge Clark and argue that he fails to show that the material vehicles responsible for consciousness must be internal to the agent | |||||||||
| Keywords | Extended mind Cognitive extension Consciousness Consciousness extension | |||||||||
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