So basically the concept behind embodied mind, or embodied cognition is one which states that our cognition does not just happen in our brain. In fact it is the entire system of the brain and body working together which makes things happen.
This is a stark contrast to the Cartesian dualism which separated the mind and matter. The idea is based and supported on by many philosophers (Kant), Neuro-scientists (Antonio Damasio), Linguists (George Lakeoff), and robotics researcher. Apparently they feel that you can not have artificial intelligence in robots until sensory and motor skills are connected throughout the robots body.
Kant was one of the first people to come up with the concept talking about it as a solution to the mind-body problem in his work "Universal Natural History and Theory of Heaven" written in 1755.
Cognitive scientists and linguists argue for the same after study of the human languages (Language is taken a peek into human cognition) and finding the metaphors and concepts being based on experiences coming from having a body.
Neuroscientists on the other hand have found that neural, and development embodiment strongly shape both our mental and linguistic categorizations. The same is also in line with evolution as the organisms with bodies for better sources of input and action on the knowledge were able to reproduce and thrive.
This is a stark contrast to the Cartesian dualism which separated the mind and matter. The idea is based and supported on by many philosophers (Kant), Neuro-scientists (Antonio Damasio), Linguists (George Lakeoff), and robotics researcher. Apparently they feel that you can not have artificial intelligence in robots until sensory and motor skills are connected throughout the robots body.
Kant was one of the first people to come up with the concept talking about it as a solution to the mind-body problem in his work "Universal Natural History and Theory of Heaven" written in 1755.
Cognitive scientists and linguists argue for the same after study of the human languages (Language is taken a peek into human cognition) and finding the metaphors and concepts being based on experiences coming from having a body.
Neuroscientists on the other hand have found that neural, and development embodiment strongly shape both our mental and linguistic categorizations. The same is also in line with evolution as the organisms with bodies for better sources of input and action on the knowledge were able to reproduce and thrive.
