ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the actual and potential implications of post-cognitive thought for interaction analysis. The chapter examines the discussion on cognition that is reflected by the collection of papers in conversation and cognition. Judging from Sacks's quote, one would think that non-cognitivism would be a matter of course among conversation analysts. Discursive psychology (DP), on the other hand, consistently treats cognition as a participant's achievement, and a practical resource in interaction. The first strand is discursive psychology, focusing on how knowledge, cognition, the mind and other psychological constructs are dealt with as topics by participants in interaction. Interaction is an area on its own that warrants investigation, and for this area to become researchable, one has to methodically ignore the cognitive realm. The volume on conversation and cognition shows the unease of conversation analysts when confronted with the role of cognition in and for interaction analysis.
