Enactive approach


The enactive approach is a growing movement in cognitive science that replaces the classical
computer metaphor of the mind with an emphasis on biological embodiment and social interaction as
the sources of our goals and concerns. Mind is viewed as an activity of making sense in embodied
interaction with our world. However, if mind is essentially a concrete activity of sense-making,
then how do we account for the more typically human forms of cognition, including those involving
the abstract and the patently nonsensical? To address this crucial challenge this collection brings
together new contributions from the sciences of the mind that draw on a wide variety of
disciplines, including psychopathology, phenomenology, primatology, gender studies, quantum
physics, immune biology, anthropology, philosophy of mind, and linguistics. This book is required
reading for anyone who is interested in how the latest scientific insights are changing how we
think about the human mind and its limits.