Scaffoldings of the affective mind
Colombetti, Giovanna; Krueger, Joel
Date: 2014
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Taylor and Francis
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Abstract
In this paper we adopt Sterelny’s (2010) framework of the scaffolded mind, and its related
dimensional approach, to highlight the many ways in which human affectivity (and not just
cognition) is environmentally supported. After discussing the relationship between the
scaffolded-mind view and related frameworks, such as the “extended-mind” ...
In this paper we adopt Sterelny’s (2010) framework of the scaffolded mind, and its related
dimensional approach, to highlight the many ways in which human affectivity (and not just
cognition) is environmentally supported. After discussing the relationship between the
scaffolded-mind view and related frameworks, such as the “extended-mind” view, we
illustrate the many ways in which our affective states are environmentally supported by items
of material culture, other people, and their interplay. To do so, we draw on empirical
evidence from various disciplines (sociology, ethnography, developmental psychology), and
develop phenomenological considerations to distinguish different ways in which we
experience the world in affectivity.
Social and Political Sciences, Philosophy, and Anthropology
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
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