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Brain, body, and world are united in a complex dance of circular causation and extended computational activity. In Being There, Andy Clark weaves these several threads into a pleasing whole and goes on to address foundational questions concerning the new tools and techniques needed to make sense of the emerging sciences of the embodied mind. Clark brings together ideas and techniques from robotics, neuroscience, infant psychology, and artificial intelligence. He addresses a broad range of adaptive behaviors, from cockroach locomotion to the role of linguistic artifacts in higher-level thought.
This book gets my 5-star rating because it made an excellent addition to my understanding of human life and cognition. Andy Clark is remarkably careful and balanced in his approach, while being totally readable and clear. The book is very well-documented, and his claims are firmly grounded in an argument that relies on few assumptions. He's tackling fundamental questions that are similar to those discussed by Daniel Dennet, but Clark's presentation is more careful and complete, while using an attitude that is far less strident.I recommend this book to anyone who wants to understand better the nature of the perceived boundary between individual person, cognition, language, and interaction, and the way these coevolve.My highest rating.
