I believe Clark's vision of the extended mind, encompasses a mind distributed across the brain, the rest of the body, and the body's immediate environment (e.g. tools) as well...
-- Ben G On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Mike Tintner <[email protected]> wrote: > Ben, > > Isn't Clark talking about the extensions of mind into the environment > (incorporating external tools and objects): > > "The "extended mind" refers to an emerging concept that addresses the > question as to the division point between the mind and the environment by > promoting the view of active externalism. This view proposes that some > objects in the external environment are utilized by the mind in such a way > that the objects can be seen as extensions of the mind itself." Wiki > > - as distinct from "the *distributed* mind" which, IMO, means something like > that there is only one body-mind (a body-wide-distributed mind) as opposed > to a brain-centric mind that is in only one part of the body? > > -----Original Message----- From: Ben Goertzel > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 9:44 PM > > To: AGI > Subject: Re: [agi] Hugo de Garis on the Singhilarity Institute and the > hopelessness of Friendly AI ... > > Andy Clark has covered the "Extended Mind" idea very thoroughly, in > the cog sci domain ... his views and arguments are very well known in > the AI community... > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Bob Mottram <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 21.08.2012 21:16, Mike Tintner wrote: >>> >>> >>> It strikes me that not just AI but science generally and esp. >>> neuroscience are cerebral chauvinists. Do you know anyone advancing >>> the idea that the primary unit of mind is the entire distributed >>> nervous system and not just the concentrated part that is the brain? >> >> >> >> >> Maybe Tim Ingold and David Chalmers. Ben Goertzel also covers similar >> topics in chapter 2 of The Hidden Pattern. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> AGI >> Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now >> RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/212726-11ac2389 >> Modify Your Subscription: >> https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; >> >> Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > > > > > -- > Ben Goertzel, PhD > http://goertzel.org > > "My humanity is a constant self-overcoming" -- Friedrich Nietzsche > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/6952829-59a2eca5 > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/212726-11ac2389 > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com -- Ben Goertzel, PhD http://goertzel.org "My humanity is a constant self-overcoming" -- Friedrich Nietzsche ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-c97d2393 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-2484a968 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
