The affective and normative intentionality of skilled performance: a radical embodied approach.

In this paper, we argue that the intentionality at play in skilled performance is not only inherently normative but also inherently affective. We take a radically embodied approach to the mind in which we conceive of cognitive agents as sensorimotor systems moved to maintain their biological and soc...

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Publicado en:Synthese Vol. 199; no. 3/4; pp. 8205 - 8231
Autores principales: Mojica, Laura, Gastelum Vargas, Melina
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Publicado: Springer Nature Dec2021
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          Embodied Cognitive Science Unit (ECSU), Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Onna, Japan
          Social Sciences and Humanities Division, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Cuajimalpa (UAM-C), Mexico City, Mexico
          Faculty of Philosophy and Literature (FFYL), National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
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        Affect (Psychology)
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        Affective intentionality
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