Systematicity Laws and Explanatory Structures in the Extended Mind
Systematicity Laws and Explanatory Structures in the Extended Mind
To date, most of the non-classical explanations offered for systematicity have accepted the classicist's assumption that mental representations are both syntactically and semantically internal. However, the extended theory of mind, which has been used to inform dynamic systems models of the cognitive architecture, explicitly challenges the claim that cognitive abilities take place entirely inside the head. Such a theory provides the foundation for locating the explanatory structures for patterns like systematicity in the wider cognitive system, including the structures of public representational schemes. I argue that such an explanation is supported by a review of the evidence for the systematicity of mind, with those patterns that do exist more readily accommodated by an extended account.
Keywords: Systematicity, Dynamic systems, Extended mind
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