This is a really good article, cogent and clear, describing Andy Clark's philosophy and theory of cognition. It also takes us through some side-trips involving David Chalmers and Karl Friston. But the focus is on Clark and his theories concerning the extended mind - the idea that the mind isn't just what's in our head but also incorporates the conceptual and physical world around us. What I like about this article is the way it embeds the description of Clark's philosophy with an account of Clark's personality and style of engaging with the world. Do read the article to the end; otherwise you'll miss the account of Friston's work (to me much more appealing than Clark's) describing how human cognition is, in essence, a prediction engine.
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