An emerging class of theories concerning the functional structure of the brain takes the
reuse of neural circuitry for various cognitive purposes to be a central organizational …

The issue of the format of mental imagery is still an open debate. The classical analogue
(depictive)–propositional (descriptive) debate has not provided definitive conclusions. Over …

Enactive approaches to cognitive science aim to explain human cognitive processes across
the board without making any appeal to internal, content-carrying representational states. A …

What turns the continuous flow of experience into perceptually distinct objects? Can our
verbal descriptions unambiguously capture what it is like to see, hear, or feel? How might we …

This paper reviews two main strategies for dealing with the threat posed by radically
enactive/embodied cognition to traditional cognitive science. Both strategies invoke action …

A certain philosophical frame of mind holds that contentless imaginings are unimaginable,“
inconceivable”(Shapiro, p. 214)‐that it is simply not possible to imagine acts of imagining in …

Cognitive science is generally billed as a representational science of mind, through and
through. The textbooks tell us that mainstream cognitive science is firmly if not foundationally …

The enactive approach is usually associated with a revolutionary project that aims to
transform in a radical way our understanding of mind and cognition. Bold theoretical moves …

I propose a systematic survey of the various attitudes proponents of enaction (or enactivism)
entertained or are entertaining towards representationalism and towards the use of the …

Abstract Traditionally, the “Imagery Debate” has opposed two main camps: depictivism and
descriptivism. This debate has essentially focused on the nature of the internal …