ABSTRACT
What follows is a defense of the idea that if cognition is truly embodied, then cognition is also extended. We treat “cognition” as something that systems do and treat the “animal-environment” as a system. If cognition is something that systems do, and if cognition is embodied in that system, then cognition is something that extends beyond animal boundaries. The case will be made as follows: First, we distinguish “extended cognition” from “embodied cognition” and, more importantly, from “extended mind,” as well as situate extended cognition in a historical context. Second, we present a theoretical and methodological framework for investigating extended cognitive systems. With the terminology, historical context, and investigative framework in place, we then discuss some potential experimental work that could adjudicate the existence of extended cognitive systems.
