A radical notion of embeddedness a logically necessary precondition for agency and self-awareness

Metaphilosophy

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 98-109

  Stuart, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent; Embeddedness; Embodied; Representation; Self; Self awareness; Situated

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547216724     PISSN: 00261068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9973.00219     Document Type: Article

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