Embodied and Enactive Approaches to Cognition
Shaun Gallagher
A concise introduction to 4E cognition, the idea that the mind is embodied, embedded, extended and enactive, by one of the leading phenomenologists working today. It contrasts these views with classic cognitivism and ends with practical applications.
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