Rethinking neuroethics in the light of the extended mind thesis.
The extended mind thesis is the claim that mental states extend beyond the skulls of the agents whose states they are. This seemingly obscure and bizarre claim has far-reaching implications for neuroethics, I argue. In the first half of this article, I sketch the extended mind thesis and defend it a...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Bioethics Vol. 7; no. 9; pp. 3 - 12 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sep2007
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