How to demarcate the boundaries of cognition

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 545-570

  Kaplan, David Michael ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Embodied cognition; Extended cognition; Intervention; Mechanism; Mutual manipulability

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CORRELATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING;

EID: 84861774803     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-012-9308-4     Document Type: Article

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