Distributed Cognition in Classical Antiquity

Miranda Anderson; Douglas Cairns; Mark Sprevak

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2018

Distributed Cognition in Classical Antiquity

Miranda Anderson , Douglas Cairns and Mark Sprevak

In the series The Edinburgh History of Distributed Cognition

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474429764

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About this book

12 essays by international specialists in classical antiquity create a period-specific interdisciplinary introduction to distributed cognition and the cognitive humanities

The first book in an ambitious 4-volume set looking at distributed cognition in the history of thought
Includes essays on archaeology, art history, rhetoric, literature, philosophy, science, medicine and technology
For students and scholars in classics, cognitive humanities, philosophy of mind and ancient philosophy
Includes essays by international specialists in classics, ancient history and archaeology

This collection explores how cognition is explicitly or implicitly conceived of as distributed across brain, body and world in Greek and Roman technology, science, medicine, material culture, philosophy and literary studies.

A range of models emerge, which vary both in terms of whether cognition is just embodied or involves tools or objects in the world. As many of the texts and practices discussed have influenced Western European society and culture, this collection reveals the historical foundations of our theoretical and practical attempts to comprehend the distributed nature of human cognition.

Contributors

Miranda Anderson, University of Edinburgh, UK.

Felix Budelmann, University of Oxford, UK.

Douglas Cairns, University of Edinburgh, UK.

Christopher Gill, University of Exeter, UK.

Thomas Habinek, University of Southern California, USA.

Luuk Huitink, Heidelberg University, Germany.

George Kazantzidis, University of Patras, Greece.

David Konstan, New York University, USA.

Peter Meineck, New York University, USA.

Diana Y. Ng, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA.

Hector Reyes, University of Southern California, USA.

Andrew M. Riggsby, University of Texas at Austin, USA.

Courtney Roby, Cornell University, USA.

William Michael Short, University of Exeter, UK.

Mark Sprevak, University of Edinburgh, UK.

Michael Wheeler, University of Stirling, UK.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	iii
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Series Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
1. Distributed Cognition and the Humanities Miranda Anderson, Michael Wheeler and Mark Sprevak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Distributed Cognition and the Classics Douglas Cairns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
3. Physical Sciences: Ptolemy’s Extended Mind Courtney Roby Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
4. Distributed Cognition and the Diffusion of Information Technologies in the Roman World Andrew M. Riggsby Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
5. Mask as Mind Tool: A Methodology of Material Engagement Peter Meineck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
6. Embodied, Extended and Distributed Cognition in Roman Technical Practice William Michael Short Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
7. Roman-period Theatres as Distributed Cognitive Micro-ecologies Diana Y. Ng Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
8. Cognition, Emotions and the Feeling Body in the Hippocratic Corpus George Kazantzidis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
9. Enactivism and Embodied Cognition in Stoicism and Plato’s Timaeus Christopher Gill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
10. Enargeia, Enactivism and the Ancient Readerly Imagination Luuk Huitink Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
11. Group Minds in Classical Athens? Chorus and Dēmos as Case Studies of Collective Cognition Felix Budelmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
12. One Soul in Two Bodies: Distributed Cognition and Ancient Greek Friendship David Konstan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
13. Distributed Cognition and its Discontents: A Dialogue across History and Artistic Genre Thomas Habinek and Hector Reyes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	240
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 304
Illustrations
- Other: 2 B/W illustrations 4 colour illustrations
Keywords: Philosophy

eBook

Published: April 5, 2022
ISBN: 9781474429764