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Knyazeva, E. N. Enactive Mind: New Constructivist’s Paradigm in Cognitive Science.

Abstract: The article considers the new paradigm of enactivism in cognitive science. Cognitive psychology is an important element of this paradigm. Mind is viewed as an active and interactive and cognitive activity of the mind is performed through invasion into the reality, e.g. its enactivation. It is shown that enactivism is based on the theory of autopoiesis developed by Humberto Maturana and Francisco Valera at the end of 1960th. The author also describes the parallels with the ideas of constructivism and radical constructivism in epistemology.


Keywords:

psychology, enactivity, constructivism, mind, autopoiesis, experience, perception, action, life, cognition


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