The Web-Extended Mind.

This article explores the notion of the Web-extended mind, which is the idea that the technological and informational elements of the Web can sometimes serve as part of the mechanistic substrate that realizes human mental states and processes. It is argued that while current forms of the Web may not...

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Published in:Metaphilosophy Vol. 43; no. 4; pp. 446 - 464
Main Author: Smart, Paul R.
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jul2012
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