Why the Self Does Not Extend.
The defensibility of the extended mind thesis (EMT) is often thought to hinge on the possibility of extended selves. I argue that the self cannot extend and consider the ramifications of this finding, especially for EMT. After an overview of EMT and the supposed cruciality of the extended self to th...
| Publicado en: | Erkenntnis Vol. 87; no. 6; pp. 2645 - 2660 |
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Springer Nature
Dec2022
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