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Published on: March 1, 2017
Intermediate representations exclude embodiment
1Department of Philosophy, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA. guy.dove@louisville.edu
Abstract:
Given that Pickering & Garrod's (P&G's) account integrates language production and comprehension, it is reasonable to ask whether it is compatible with embodied cognition. I argue that its dependence on rich intermediate representations of linguistic structure excludes embodiment. Two options are available to supporters of embodied cognition: They can adopt a more liberal notion of embodiment or they can attempt to replace these intermediate representations with robustly embodied ones. Both of these options face challenges.
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