The Oxford Handbook of 4E Cognition

by Albert Newen, Leon De Bruin, Shaun Gallagher

Overview

4E cognition (embodied, embedded, enactive, and extended) is a relatively young and thriving field of interdisciplinary research. It assumes that cognition is shaped and structured by dynamic interactions between the brain, body, and both the physical and social environments.

With essays from leading scholars and researchers, The Oxford Handbook of 4E Cognition investigates this recent paradigm. It addresses the central issues of embodied cognition by focusing on recent trends, such as Bayesian inference and predictive coding, and presenting new insights, such as the development of false belief understanding.

The Oxford Handbook of 4E Cognition also introduces new theoretical paradigms for understanding emotion and conceptualizing the interactions between cognition, language, and culture. With an entire section dedicated to the application of 4E cognition in disciplines such as psychiatry and robotics, and critical notes aimed at stimulating discussion, this Oxford handbook is the definitive guide to 4E cognition.

Aimed at neuroscientists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and philosophers, The Oxford Handbook of 4E Cognition will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in this young and thriving field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198735410
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	11/06/2018
Series:	Oxford Library of Psychology
Pages:	960
Product dimensions:	9.80(w) x 6.90(h) x 2.20(d)

About the Author

Albert Newen received his PhD in 1994 from the University of Bielefeld. He became associate professor in 2003 at Tubingen, changed to the Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB) in 2007 and was appointed to full professor in 2010. He is director of the interdisciplinary Center for Mind, Brain and Cognitive Evolution since 2011. He received several research awards, including the Bennigsen-Foerder Award (North-Rhine Westfalia) as well as the award for "Philosophy in Psychiatry" from the society of psychiatry in Germany (DGPPN). He was visiting professor in Oxford, Stanford and Urbana-Champagne. His research combines philosophical theory formation with research in psychology, psychiatry and neurosciences

Leon de Bruin (1979) obtained his PhD in philosophy from the University of Leiden in 2010 with an interdisciplinary study on social cognition. After his PhD, he worked as a postdoc at the Ruhr-University Bochum on the development of false belief understanding. He was appointed assistant professor of philosophy of mind at the Radboud University Nijmegen in 2012, and associate professor of philosophy of mind in 2017.

Shaun Gallagher is the Lillian and Morrie Moss Professor of Excellence in Philosophy at the University of Memphis. His areas of research include phenomenology and the cognitive sciences, especially topics related to embodiment, self, agency and intersubjectivity, hermeneutics, and the philosophy of time. Dr. Gallagher has a secondary research appointment at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He is Honorary Professor at the University of Tromso, Norway. He has held visiting positions at the Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge University; the Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen; the Centre de Recherche en Epistemelogie Appliquee (CREA), Paris; the Ecole Normale Superiure, Lyon; the Humboldt University in Berlin, and most recently at Keble College, University of Oxford.

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction1. Introduction: 4E Cognition: Historical Roots, Key Concepts, and Central Issues, Albert Newen, Shaun Gallagher, and Leon de BruinPart II: What is Cognition?2. Extended Cognition, Julian Kiverstein3. Ecological-Enactive Cognition as Engaging with a Field of Relevant Affordances: The Skilled Intentionality Framework (SIF), Erik Rietveld, Damiaan Denys, and Maarten Van Westen4. The Enactive Conception of Life, Ezequiel Di Paolo5. Going Radical, Daniel D. Hutto and Erik Myin6. Critical Note: So, What Again is 4E Cognition?, Ken AizawaPart III: Modelling and Experimentation7. The Predictive Processing Hypothesis, Jakob Hohwy8. Interacting in the Open: Where Dynamical Systems Become Extended and Embodied, Maurice Lamb and Anthony Chemero9. Searching for the Conditions of Genuine Intersubjectivity: From Agent-based Models to Perceptual Crossing Experiments, Tom Froese10. Cognitive Integration: How Culture Transforms Us and Extends our Cognitive Capabilities, Richard Menary11. Critical Note: Cognitive Systems and the Dynamics of Representing-in-the-world, Tobias SchlichtPart IV: Cognition, Action, and Perception12. The Body in Action: Predictive Processing and the Embodiment Thesis, Michael D. Kirchhoff13. Joint Action and Ecognition, Deborah Tollefsen and Rick Dale14. Perception, Exploration, and the Primacy of Touch, Matthew Ratcliffe15. Direct Social Perception, Joel Krueger16. Critical Note: Bodily Experience, Action and Perception from the 4e Perspective, Sven WalterPart V: Brain-Body-Environment Coupling and Its Perception17. Disclosing the World: Intentionality and 4e Cognition, Mark Rowlands18. Building a Stronger Concept of Embodiment, Shaun Gallagher19. Motor Intentionality, Elisabeth Pacherie20. The Extended Body Hypothesis: Referred Sensations from Tools to Peripersonal Space, Frederique De Vignemont21. Critical Note: Brain-body-environment Couplings: What do they Teach us about Cognition?, Arne M. Weber and Gottfried VosgerauPart VI: Social Cognition22. Embodied Resonance, Vittorio Gallese and Corrado Sinigaglia23. Why Engagement? A Second Person Take on Social Cognition, Vasudevi Reddy24. The Intersubjective Turn, Hanne De Jaegher25. The Person Model Theory and the Question of Situatedness of Social Understanding, Albert Newen26. False Belief Understanding, 4E Cognition and the Predictive Processing Paradigm, Leon De Bruin27. Critical Note: How Revisionary are 4E accounts of Social Cognition?, Mitchell HerschbachPart VII: Emotion28. Thinking and Feeling: A Social-developmental Perspective, Peter Hobson29. Beyond Mirroring: 4E Perspectives on Empathy, Dan Zahavi and John Michael30. Embodiment of Emotion and its Situated Nature, Evan W. Carr, Anne Kever and Piotr Winkielman31. Enacting Affectivity, Giovanna Colombetti32. Critical Note: 3Es are Sufficient, but Don 't Forget the D - A Critical Note on Situated Affectivity, Achim StephanPart VIII: Language And Learning33. The Embodiment of Language, Mark Johnson34. The Embodiment of Concepts: Theoretical Perspectives and the Role of Predictive Processing, Michiel Van Elk and Harold Bekkering35. Origins and Complexities of Infant Communication and Social Cognition, Ulf Liszkowski36. Developing an Understanding of Normativity, Marco F. H. Schmidt and Hannes Rakoczy37. Critical Note: Language and Learning from the 4e Perspective, Hans-Johann GlockPart IX: Evolution and Culture38. The Evolution of Cognition: A 4e Perspective, Louise Barrett39. Mindshaping, Tadeusz W. Zawidzki40. Bringing Things to Mind: 4Es and Material Engagement, Lambros Malafouris41. Culture and the Extended Phenotype: Cognition and Material Culture in Deep Time, Kim Sterelny42. Critical Note: Evolution of Human Cognition, Andreas Roepstorff and Tobias StarzakPart X: Applications43. Communication as Fundamental Paradigm for Psychopathology, Kai Vogeley44. Scaffolding Intuitive Rationality, Cameron Buckner45. Robots as Powerful Allies for the Study of Embodied Cognition from the Bottom Up, Matej Hoffmann and Rolf Pfeifer46. Interpersonal Judgments, Embodied Reasoning and Juridical Legitimacy, Somogy Varga47. Embodied Cognition and the Humanities, Amy Cook48. Embodied Aesthetics, Barbara G. Montero

Editorial Reviews

"What I like most about this book is that it is not just a collection of what 4E Cognition is, it is also a rigorous critique of what it is not: The final chapter in sections one to nine is a critical review of the preceding discussions, providing a balanced view of the topic area. I would recommend this book to anyone with an interest in cognition, not only to those interested in whether it is embodied, embedded, extended or enacted. The notion of 4E cognition does have its challenges, and this book does not shy away from this. I feel even those with a more critical view of 4E Cognition would enjoy The Oxford handbook of 4E Cognition, and certainly enjoy the critical chapters in each section. Overall, it presents the characterisation of cognition in a clear manner throughout, and while it is a comprehensive read at over 900 pages long, it is a very interesting read none-the-less." — Nicholas J. Shipp, PhD, University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, UK

"The ten sections and forty-eight contributions of this handsomely produced handbook explore both these foundational questions about the nature of cognition and embodiment and the applications of 4E perspectives to social cognition, language and culture and specific applications in, for example, psychopathology and aesthetics. Especially commendable is the inclusion of critical notes which offer criticisms of the contributions in each chapter from exponents of the mainstream tradition. This enables a real sense of dialogue both between post-representationalists and the mainstream and from within the variously ambitious forms of 4E-Cognition." — Ian Ground, Research Fellow in Philosophy, University of Hertfordshire, and Vice-President of the British Wittgenstein Society, Times Literary Supplement

"The essays in this compilation look at how embodied, embedded, enactive, and extended (i.e., 4E) cognition can be conceptualized in relation to modern understanding of cognitive science. The collection does a good job of highlighting the discourse concerning this relatively new area of psychology, because the contributors differ in the degree to which they believe 4E cognition can be incorporated into or build on more traditional models. This book is written specifically for scholars at the PhD level, and it will be appropriate for those who have a strong background in philosophy, neuroscience, and cognitive psychology." — CHOICE

"[The Oxford Handbook of 4E Cognition] is a substantial tome, coming in at nearly 1,000 pages and forty-eight contributions. The most useful innovation in this volume is the inclusion of critical reflections at the end of each section. These will prove especially valuable for the reader who is less familiar with the field." — James Carney, Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture

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