Ideas from 'The Extended Mind' by A Clark / D Chalmers [1998], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Analysis' (ed/tr -) [- ,]].

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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs
A notebook counts as memory, if is available to consciousness and guides our actions
15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 6. Anti-Individualism
A mechanism can count as 'cognitive' whether it is in the brain or outside it [Rowlands]
If something in the world could equally have been a mental process, it is part of our cognition
Consciousness may not extend beyond the head, but cognition need not be conscious
16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / a. Memory is Self
If a person relies on their notes, those notes are parted of the extended system which is the person