How we think and act together |
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Authors: | Shannon Spaulding |
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Affiliation: | Department of Philosophy, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA |
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Abstract: | In this paper, I examine the challenges socially extended minds pose for mainstream, individualistic accounts of social cognition. I argue that individualistic accounts of social cognition neglect phenomena important to social cognition that are properly emphasized by socially extended mind accounts. Although I do not think the evidence or arguments warrant replacing individualistic explanations of social cognition with socially extended explanations, I argue that we have good reason to supplement our individualistic accounts so as to include the ways in which situational context affects social interactions. The result, I hope, is a more sophisticated individualism that offers a more comprehensive account of how we think and act together. |
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Keywords: | Embedded cognition situated cognition social cognition stereotypes |
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