Actividad cognitiva y actividad humana integral: a propósito del debate entre Wilson y Clark

• King Dávalos, Patricia ^[1]
  1. [1] Ciencias Cognitivas, Universidad Autónoma de Morelos, Cuernavaca, México
• Localización: Ludus vitalis: revista de filosofía de las ciencias de la vida = journal of philosophy of life sciences = revue de philosophie des sciences de la vie, ISSN 1133-5165, Vol. 21, Nº. 39, 2013, págs. 111-128
• Idioma: español
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  • Cognitive activity and integral human activity. The debate between Robert Wilson and Rupert ClarkThis paper focuses on the situation of the cognitive sciences from the perspective created by the debate between Robert Wilson and Rupert Clark--which posit “extended cognition” as the broadening of cognitive processes beyond the brain and skin of the cognitive agent--and Robert Rupert, who defends the orthodox position--that the constitutive system of cognitive phenomena is limited to the central nervous one. From these basic positions, I'll argue that what is missing in this controversy is the development of an explicit conception of what human activity may be. What does task mean in the often-mentioned ”cognitive task”? I will propose that ”practice,” as a concept developed from studies on the specificity of human work, is a plausible candidate to fulfill such vacancy.