Distributed Cognition in Classical Antiquity

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.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.

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pp i-ii
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List of Illustrations
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Series Preface
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Miscellaneous Frontmatter
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1 - Distributed Cognition and the Humanities
pp 1-17
- By Miranda Anderson, University of Edinburgh., Michael Wheeler, University of Stirling., Mark Sprevak, University of Edinburgh.
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2 - Distributed Cognition and the Classics
pp 18-36
- By Douglas Cairns, University of Edinburgh.
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3 - Physical Sciences: Ptolemy's Extended Mind
pp 37-56
- By Courtney Roby, Cornell University.
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4 - Distributed Cognition and the Diffusion of Information Technologies in the Roman World
pp 57-74
- By Andrew M. Riggsby, University of Texas at Austin.
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5 - Mask as Mind Tool: A Methodology of Material Engagement
pp 75-95
- By Peter Meineck, New York University
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6 - Embodied, Extended and Distributed Cognition in Roman Technical Practice
pp 96-120
- By William Michael Short, University of Exeter.
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7 - Roman-period Theatres as Distributed Cognitive Micro-ecologies
pp 121-135
- By Diana Y. Ng, University of Michigan-Dearborn.
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8 - Cognition, Emotions and the Feeling Body in the Hippocratic Corpus
pp 136-153
- By George Kazantzidis, University of Patras, Greece.
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9 - Enactivism and Embodied Cognition in Stoicism and Plato's Timaeus
pp 154-172
- By Christopher Gill, Yale, Bristol, Aberystwyth and Exeter.
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10 - Enargeia, Enactivism and the Ancient Readerly Imagination
pp 173-193
- By Luuk Huitink, Leiden University.
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11 - Group Minds in Classical Athens? Chorus and Dēmos as Case Studies of Collective Cognition
pp 194-212
- By Felix Budelmann, University of Oxford.
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12 - One Soul in Two Bodies: Distributed Cognition and Ancient Greek Friendship
pp 213-228
- By David Konstan, New York University.
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13 - Distributed Cognition and its Discontents: A Dialogue across History and Artistic Genre
pp 229-243
- By Thomas Habinek, University of Southern California, Hector Reyes, University of Southern California.
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Notes on Contributors
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Bibliography
pp 247-290
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Index
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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Contents
pp iii-iv

List of Illustrations
pp v-v

Series Preface
pp vi-ix

Miscellaneous Frontmatter
pp x-x

1 - Distributed Cognition and the Humanities
pp 1-17

2 - Distributed Cognition and the Classics
pp 18-36

3 - Physical Sciences: Ptolemy's Extended Mind
pp 37-56

4 - Distributed Cognition and the Diffusion of Information Technologies in the Roman World
pp 57-74

5 - Mask as Mind Tool: A Methodology of Material Engagement
pp 75-95

6 - Embodied, Extended and Distributed Cognition in Roman Technical Practice
pp 96-120

7 - Roman-period Theatres as Distributed Cognitive Micro-ecologies
pp 121-135

8 - Cognition, Emotions and the Feeling Body in the Hippocratic Corpus
pp 136-153

9 - Enactivism and Embodied Cognition in Stoicism and Plato's Timaeus
pp 154-172

10 - Enargeia, Enactivism and the Ancient Readerly Imagination
pp 173-193

11 - Group Minds in Classical Athens? Chorus and Dēmos as Case Studies of Collective Cognition
pp 194-212

12 - One Soul in Two Bodies: Distributed Cognition and Ancient Greek Friendship
pp 213-228

13 - Distributed Cognition and its Discontents: A Dialogue across History and Artistic Genre
pp 229-243

Notes on Contributors
pp 244-246

Bibliography
pp 247-290

Index
pp 291-298

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