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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Embodied Cognition

Background:

  • The cognitive revolution theorized knowledge as internal mental representations.
  • Recent interdisciplinary developments challenge this view.
  • The situated cognition hypothesis emerged from these diverse fields.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To trace the historical origins of the situated cognition hypothesis.
  • To discuss empirical and modeling evidence supporting situated cognition.
  • To clarify debates by distinguishing the location and nature of cognition.

Main Methods:

  • Historical analysis of cognitive science.
  • Review of empirical studies on cognition.
  • Examination of computational modeling approaches.
  • Conceptual analysis of cognition's locus and essence.

Main Results:

  • Cognition is characterized as embodied, social, distributed, and enacted.
  • Evidence suggests cognition can operate without internal representations.
  • Distinguishing the 'where' from the 'what' of cognition resolves key debates.

Conclusions:

  • The situated cognition hypothesis offers a robust alternative to traditional cognitive models.
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration is crucial for understanding cognition.
  • Future research should integrate diverse approaches to cognition.