Debunking enactivism: a critical notice of Hutto and Myin’s Radicalizing Enactivism [Book Review]

Canadian Journal of Philosophy 44 (1):118-128 (2014)
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Abstract

In this review of Hutto and Myin's Radicalizing Enactivism, I question the adequacy of a non-representational theory of mind. I argue first that such a theory cannot differentiate cognition from other bodily engagements such as wrestling with an opponent. Second, I question whether the simple robots constructed by Rodney Brooks are adequate as models of multimodal organisms. Last, I argue that Hutto and Myin pay very little attention to how semantically interacting representations are needed to give an account of choice and action.

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Mohan Matthen
University of Toronto, Mississauga

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