Is embodied cognition infallible or falsifiable? Investigating the thesis as a sound scientific theory
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Embodied cognition is a growing area of research within cognitive science—one that it is often presented as a framework that may help us account for cognition as a whole. It is, however, a theory and, as such, it must live up to the requirements that all scientific theories do. Of particular importance is the degree to which it is falsifiable. This paper investigates this issue.
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تاریخ انتشار 2012