Abstract
I argue that social institutions, such as the legal system, educational and cultural institutions, and even science itself understood as an institution, can contribute to and even be constitutive of cognition. I review various arguments against the extended mind hypothesis and the parity principle in light of this perspective, and I suggest that this concept of the socially extended mind can serve as a useful tool for critical theory.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4-12 |
| Journal | Cognitive Systems Research |
| Volume | 25/26 |
| Early online date | 26 Mar 2013 |
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| Publication status | Published - Dec 2013 |
Keywords
- extended mind
- parity principle
- critical theory
- institutions