Wzorce poznania rozproszonego

Przemysław R. Nowakowski

doi:10.21697/spch.2024.60.A.03

Published: 2024-07-31

Vol. 60 No. 1 (2024)

The Patterns of Distributed Cognition

Przemysław R. Nowakowski

Studia Philosophiae Christianae

Section: Papers

https://doi.org/10.21697/spch.2024.60.A.03

Abstract

Even if the integration of distributed cognition with mechanistic conceptions of explanation can be seen as an interesting move and, if successful, leading to a non-trivial extension of cognitive science research, from the perspective of a distributed cognition theorist, the move should be seen as risky. In the paper, arguing against the proposal of Witold Wachowski (2022), I will try to outline the risks that the aforementioned integration entails and propose an alternative solution, which consists in combining distributed cognition with network theory. This theory (in my opinion) allows for a more fruitful study of patterns of distributed cognition.

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Received: 26/09/2023. Reviewed: 26/03/2024. Accepted: 10/06/2024.

Keywords:

distributed cognition, patterns of distribution, mechanistic conception of explanation, networks theory

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Przemysław R. Nowakowski

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2714-9222

Affiliation:

The Polish Academy of Science, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology - Poland