Philosophical Explorations 19 (1):78-93 (2016)
Authors |
|
Abstract |
This article looks at some of the metaphysical properties of cognitive artefacts. It first identifies and demarcates the target domain by conceptualizing this class of artefacts as a functional kind. Building on the work of Beth Preston, a pluralist notion of functional kind is developed, one that includes artefacts with proper functions and system functions. Those with proper functions have a history of cultural selection, whereas those with system functions are improvised uses of initially non-cognitive artefacts. Having identified the target domain, it then briefly looks at the multiple usability of physical structures and the multiple realizability of cognitive function. Further developing insights from the “dual nature of artefacts thesis”, the article ends with conceptualizing the structure–function relations of cognitive artefacts. More specifically, it unpacks the relation between physical structure, representational structure, information, and cognitive function.
|
Keywords | cognitive artifacts function situated cognition extended mind |
Categories | (categorize this paper) |
Reprint years | 2016 |
DOI | 10.1080/13869795.2014.910310 |
Options |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Download options
References found in this work BETA
Language, Thought, and Other Biological Categories: New Foundations for Realism.Ruth Garrett Millikan - 1984 - MIT Press.
Supersizing the Mind: Embodiment, Action, and Cognitive Extension.Andy Clark (ed.) - 2008 - Oxford University Press.
Language, Thought, and Other Biological Categories.Ruth Garrett Millikan - 1984 - Behaviorism 14 (1):51-56.
View all 39 references / Add more references
Citations of this work BETA
Dimensions of Integration in Embedded and Extended Cognitive Systems.Richard Heersmink - 2015 - Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 13 (3):577-598.
Extended Mind and Cognitive Enhancement: Moral Aspects of Cognitive Artifacts.Richard Heersmink - 2017 - Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 16 (1):17-32.
Varieties of Artifacts: Embodied, Perceptual, Cognitive, and Affective.Richard Heersmink - 2021 - Topics in Cognitive Science (4):1-24.
The Internet, Cognitive Enhancement, and the Values of Cognition.Richard Heersmink - 2016 - Minds and Machines 26 (4):389-407.
Narrative Niche Construction: Memory Ecologies and Distributed Narrative Identities.Richard Heersmink - 2020 - Biology and Philosophy 35 (5):1-23.
View all 15 citations / Add more citations
Similar books and articles
A Taxonomy of Cognitive Artifacts: Function, Information, and Categories.Richard Heersmink - 2013 - Review of Philosophy and Psychology 4 (3):465-481.
Dimensions of Integration in Embedded and Extended Cognitive Systems.Richard Heersmink - 2015 - Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 13 (3):577-598.
The Artifactual Mind: Overcoming the ‘Inside–Outside’ Dualism in the Extended Mind Thesis and Recognizing the Technological Dimension of Cognition.Ciano Aydin - 2015 - Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 14 (1):73-94.
Artifact and Tool Categorization.Sara Dellantonio, Claudio Mulatti & Remo Job - 2013 - Review of Philosophy and Psychology 4 (3):407-418.
Belief-Forming Processes, Extended.Spyridon Orestis Palermos - 2011 - Review of Philosophy and Psychology 2 (4):741-765.
The Shrinking Difference Between Artifacts and Natural Objects.Lynne Rudder Baker - 2008 - American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Philosophy and Computers.
Distribution of Cognition Between Minds and Artifacts: Augmentation of Mediation? [REVIEW]Victor Kaptelinin - 1996 - AI and Society 10 (1):15-25.
Teaching and Learning the Nature of Technical Artifacts.I. Frederik, W. Sonneveld & M. J. De Vries - unknown
Arts and Artifacts: An Aristotelian Approach.Michael Hector Storck - 2013 - International Philosophical Quarterly 53 (2):107-115.
Space, Time and Documents in a Refrigerated Warehouse.Yasuko Kawatoko - 1999 - Human Studies 22 (2-4):315-337.
Review of Eric Margolis, Stephen Laurence (Eds.), Creations of the Mind: Theories of Artifacts and Their Representation. [REVIEW]Beth Preston - 2008 - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2008 (5).
Analytics
Added to PP index
2014-03-18
Total views
1,951 ( #2,337 of 2,506,442 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
37 ( #24,306 of 2,506,442 )
2014-03-18
Total views
1,951 ( #2,337 of 2,506,442 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
37 ( #24,306 of 2,506,442 )
How can I increase my downloads?
Downloads