The Body in Mind

In This Book Mark Rowlands Challenges The Cartesian View Of The Mind As A Self-Contained Monadic Entity And Offers In Its Place A Radical Externalist Or Environmentalist Model Of Cognitive Processes. Drawing On Both Evolutionary Theory And A Detailed Examination Of The Processes Involved In Perception Memory Thought And Language Use Rowlands Argues That Cognition Is In Part A Process Whereby Creatures Manipulate And Exploit Relevant Objects In Their Environment. This Innovative Book Provides A Foundation For An Unorthodox But Increasingly Popular View Of The Nature Of Cognition.