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Empedocles’ Epistemology and Embodied Cognition

Empedocles’ Epistemology and Embodied Cognition This paper focuses on a particular conception of embodied cognition to argue that this cognitive approach can be found in Empedocles in inchoate form. It is assumed that the defining features setting apart embodied cognition from the rest of the cognitive sciences are that the body: (a) significantly constrains the embodied agent’s cognitive skills, (b) regulates the coordination of action and cognition, and (c) serves an integral function in the transmission of cognitive data. Empedocles’ epistemological fragments are examined vis-à-vis these specifications, and the conclusion is reached that Empedocles can safely be regarded as a distant precursor of embodied cognition. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Ancient Philosophy Today: DIALOGOI Edinburgh University Press

Empedocles’ Epistemology and Embodied Cognition

Ancient Philosophy Today: DIALOGOI , Volume 5 (1): 28 – Apr 1, 2023

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Edinburgh University Press
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2516-1156
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2516-1164
DOI
10.3366/anph.2023.0084
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Abstract

This paper focuses on a particular conception of embodied cognition to argue that this cognitive approach can be found in Empedocles in inchoate form. It is assumed that the defining features setting apart embodied cognition from the rest of the cognitive sciences are that the body: (a) significantly constrains the embodied agent’s cognitive skills, (b) regulates the coordination of action and cognition, and (c) serves an integral function in the transmission of cognitive data. Empedocles’ epistemological fragments are examined vis-à-vis these specifications, and the conclusion is reached that Empedocles can safely be regarded as a distant precursor of embodied cognition.

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Ancient Philosophy Today: DIALOGOIEdinburgh University Press

Published: Apr 1, 2023

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