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Distributed Cognition in Classical Antiquity

Douglas Cairns editor Miranda Anderson editor Mark Sprevak editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Edinburgh University Press

Published:30th Nov '18

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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.

ISBN: 9781474429740

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312 pages