WATCH Joseph S. Fulda, C.S.E., Ph.D. 701 lY~st 177th Street #21, New Ybrk, iVY 10033 fidda@acrn.org7hup.'//www.cdj~.org/eight.html Copyright © 1997, Joseph S. Fulda "The ExtendedMind'-Extended "Philosophy," it has been said, "is the finding of reasons for what one believes by instinct." In January, my Internet access was cut off for four days and I felt as if a part of me was gone, a part of my mind, with all the disorientation that one might expect. Later that month, I read a fascinating article by Clark and Chalmers [1] that gave me the reasoning for what I had believed by instinct. The extended mind is partly an artificial mind, composed of the brain and artifact alike and as such Clark and Chalmers' excursion into the philosophy of mind is equally a contribution to the philosophy of artificial intelligence. We present their theory here and then extend it further so as to explain my impaired mental function during Internet blackouts. Clark and Chalmers introduce their subject thus: Where does the mind stop and the rest of the world begin?The question invitestwo standard replies. Some accept the boundaries of skin and skull, and say that what is outside the body is
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“The extended mind”— extended
Fulda, Joseph S.
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