Dominey, P.F., Prescott, T.J. orcid.org/0000-0003-4927-5390, Bohg, J. et al. (7 more authors) (2016) Implications of action-oriented paradigm shifts in cognitive science. In: Engel, A.K., Friston, K. and Kragic, D., (eds.) The Pragmatic Turn : Toward Action-Oriented Views in Cognitive Science. Mit Press ISBN 9780262034326
Abstract
An action-oriented perspective changes the role of an individual from a passive observer to an actively engaged agent interacting in a closed loop with the world as well as with others. Cognition exists to serve action within a landscape that contains both. This chapter surveys this landscape and addresses the status of the pragmatic turn. Its potential influence on science and the study of cognition are considered (including perception, social cognition, social interaction, sensorimotor entrainment, and language acquisition) and its impact on how neuroscience is studied is also investigated. A review of its implications in robotics and engineering includes a discussion of the application of enactive control principals to couple action and perception in robotics as well as the conceptualization of system design in a more holistic, less modular manner. Practical applications that can impact the human condition are reviewed. All of this foreshadows the potential societal implications of the pragmatic turn. The chapter concludes that an action-oriented approach emphasizes a continuum of interaction between technical aspects of cognitive systems and robotics, biology, psychology, the social sciences, and the humanities, where the individual is part of a grounded cultural system.
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 The MIT Press. |
Keywords: | Strüngmann Forum Reports; embodied cognition; enactive cognition; language acquisition; perception; sensorimotor contingency theory; social cognition |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Computer Science (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number European Commission - FP6/FP7 CSN II - 601167 Arts and Humanities Research Council AH/M002950/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 15 Jan 2020 15:57 |
Last Modified: | 08 Apr 2023 12:04 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Mit Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.7551/mitpress/9780262034326.001.0001 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:155150 |
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