Cognitive niche construction is the process whereby organisms create and maintain cause–
effect models of their niche as guides for fitness influencing behavior. Extended mind theory …

This paper reviews and integrates research from both within and outside the
entrepreneurship field under the label of 'situated cognition'. Situated cognition is the notion …

When historian Charles Weiner found pages of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard
Feynman's notes, he saw it as a" record" of Feynman's work. Feynman himself, however …

In this paper we adopt Sterelny's (2010) framework of the scaffolded mind, and his related
dimensional approach, to highlight the many ways in which human affectivity (and not just …

This paper discusses two perspectives, each of which recognises the importance of
environmental resources in enhancing and amplifying our cognitive capacity. One is the …

In this jointly authored book, Kirchhoff and Kiverstein defend the controversial thesis that
phenomenal consciousness is realised by more than just the brain. They argue that the …

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Many of the most important properties of human groups–including properties that may give
one group an evolutionary advantage over another–are properly defined only at the level of …

Early modern playing companies performed up to six different plays a week and mounted
new plays frequently. This book seeks to answer a seemingly simple question: how did they …

In view of the philosophical problems that vex the debate on situated affectivity, it can seem
wise to focus on simple cases. Accordingly, theorists often single out scenarios in which an …