| Distributed Cognition in Classical Antiquity Contributor(s): Anderson, Miranda (Editor), Cairns, Douglas (Editor), Sprevak, Mark (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1474429742 ISBN-13: 9781474429740 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $175.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical - Philosophy | Mind & Body - History | Ancient - General |
| Series: Edinburgh History of Distributed Cognition |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 7.3" W x 10.1" (1.55 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 12 essays by international experts look at how cognition is explicitly or implicitly conceived of as distributed across brain, body and world in Greek and Roman technology, science, medicine, material culture, philosophy and literary studies. A range of models emerge, which vary both in terms of whether cognition is just embodied or involves tools or objects in the world. As many of the texts and practices discussed have influenced Western European society and culture, this collection reveals the historical foundations of our theoretical and practical attempts to comprehend the distributed nature of human cognition. |