The concept of extended mind is part of a very revealing and interesting philosophical theory, according to this principle our mind does not reside solely in this neural universe contained and bound by the brain, the essence of our thoughts, creativity, emotions and desires. it also spreads among people. In this way, do they shape social relationships, culture, language, technology?
The hypothesis of the extended mind, as we can intuit in this brief summary, may seem radical and even difficult to believe, so for many psychologists, for example, any cognitive process is essentially the result of a biochemical process, people receive stimuli, treat them in this fabulous organ that is the brain, and then issue responses (behaviors).
- This approach to materialistic or neurological monism does not accept that the mind exceeds the limits set by the skull itself; in his day.
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- Descartes was already talking about another possibility: the famous French philosopher.
- Mathematician and physicist said that the body and mind were two different dimensions and completely separated from each other.
Currently, this premise has taken a step forward to invite us to an interesting reflection: philosophers and a leading area of social psychology understand that the mind not only inhabits this territory formed by an organism and a neurological network.
The mind and cognitive systems expand, advance and connect, with a very specific goal: to shape our social world, our interactions and our creations.
“Are Mindware all the resources that form a mind?For me, is the human mind a mixture of neural, bodily and even extracorporeal things?Steven Pinker?
The most classic psychological science understands that every cognitive process is intracranial. In other words, our spirit resides in this inner cabin. However, society and the world find explanations in a different scenario. The extended-mind theory doesn’t see it that way.
He admits, however, that every thought, reflection, desire, creation and motivation of the human brain does not stay there. In addition, the function of the mind is to emerge to interact with the environment to create it and make sense of it.
Extended mind theory emerged in the late 1990s thanks to philosopher Susan Hurley. This professor at the University of Bristol has revolutionized much of the academic world with her work “Consciousness in Action”.
We must go beyond this limit, avoid it, dare to look further to broaden our perspectives, so we will understand how our world and our society are truly constituted.
Mindware is a new concept of the social sciences that deserves to be known. This term includes all the resources that make up the human mind. There are neurological, bodily, biochemical and also extracorporeal processes.
What’s the last idea?
There is a part of the scientific community that does not accept or accept the theory of the extended mind, this cognitive externalism is uncomfortable because it places the universe of consciousness beyond our body, besides, it takes us away from those limits that we all believe. we can control.
Thus, some currents of philosophy and also neuroscience think that we will soon have portable cognitive units.
These would be neural implants that would provide us with certain skills for which no experience or prior learning would be required. Would they be mental units? To install in our minds as part of a software with which we would be more effective.
In turn, it all goes back to what University of California professor Donna Haraway explained to us in 1983 with her Cyborg Manifesto, that is, it would be possible to have a future in which we could create hybrid, organic and technological organisms would give a more advanced form. Humans.
In any case, large technology companies are already laying the foundations for artificial intelligence, the extended and portable mind is a basic resource to give robots the cognitive ability to move in certain scenarios.
However, as neurologist Antonio Damasio points out, artificial intelligence can never be compared to human intelligence because it lacks an essential, fundamental and decisive element: emotions.