Foundational Issues in Enaction as a Paradigm for Cognitive Science: From the Origin of Life to Consciousness and Writing
Foundational Issues in Enaction as a Paradigm for Cognitive Science: From the Origin of Life to Consciousness and Writing
This chapter endeavors to explain how the proto-paradigm of enaction fulfills the two requirements of any paradigm in cognitive science: The provision of a genuine resolution to the mind–body problem and the provision of a genuine core articulation between a multiplicity of disciplines. First, the paradigm of enaction solves the mind–body problem by grounding all cognition as an essential feature of living organisms. Schematically, the root of the answer lies in the theory of autopoiesis. Second, it provides a core articulation between the various areas and disciplines involved in cognitive science by following the natural process of the genesis of living forms. The interdisciplinary articulation is achieved by mobilizing all the relevant disciplines around this common project of studying how cognition has evolved and developed over time.
Keywords: proto-paradigm, enaction, paradigm, cognitive science, mind–body problem, core articulation, multiplicity of disciplines, cognition, autopoiesis, living forms
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