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Distributed Cognition in Classical Antiquity, PDF eBook

Distributed Cognition in Classical Antiquity PDF

Edited by Miranda Anderson, Douglas Cairns, Mark Sprevak

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12 essays by international experts look at how cognition is explicitly or implicitly conceived of as distributed across brain, body and world in Greek and Roman technology, science, medicine, material culture, philosophy and literary studies. A range of models emerge, which vary both in terms of whether cognition is just embodied or involves tools or objects in the world. As many of the texts and practices discussed have influenced Western European society and culture, this collection reveals the historical foundations of our theoretical and practical attempts to comprehend the distributed nature of human cognition.

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