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Minds Online: The Interface between Web Science, Cognitive Science and the Philosophy of Mind
Author(s): Paul Smart;Robert Clowes;Richard Heersmink
Source: Journal:Foundations and Trends® in Web Science ISSN Print:1555-077X, ISSN Online:1555-0788 Publisher:Now Publishers Volume 6 Number 1-2, Pages: 235(1-232) DOI: 10.1561/1800000026
Abstract:
Alongside existing research into the social, political and economic
impacts of the Web, there is a need to study the Web
from a cognitive and epistemic perspective. This is particularly
so as new and emerging technologies alter the nature
of our interactive engagements with the Web, transforming
the extent to which our thoughts and actions are shaped by
the online environment. Situated and ecological approaches
to cognition are relevant to understanding the cognitive significance
of the Web because of the emphasis they place on
forces and factors that reside at the level of agent–world interactions.
In particular, by adopting a situated or ecological
approach to cognition, we are able to assess the significance
of the Web from the perspective of research into embodied,
extended, embedded, social and collective cognition. The
results of this analysis help to reshape the interdisciplinary
configuration of Web Science, expanding its theoretical and
empirical remit to include the disciplines of both cognitive
science and the philosophy of mind.
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