Extended cognition & constitution: Re-evaluating the constitutive claim of extended cognition

Philosophical Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 258-283

  Kirchhoff, Michael ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Composition; Constitution; Coupling Constitution Fallacy; Extended Cognition; Mechanistic Explanation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894236797     PISSN: 09515089     EISSN: 1465394X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515089.2012.724394     Document Type: Article

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