Essays about: "extended mind theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words extended mind theory.

1. 1. The early stages of extended reality : An analysis of the opportunities and challenges faced by early stage businesses within the extended reality (XR) industry

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS)

   Author : Philip Johannesson; Julia Karlsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Extended Reality; Virtual Reality; Augmented Reality; Mixed Reality;

   Abstract : In recent years, the extended reality (XR) industry has witnessed remarkable growth, revolutionizing various sectors. The potential of XR to reshape industries and create new business opportunities has captured the attention of entrepreneurs and investors alike, leading to the emergence of numerous early stage businesses venturing into this exciting field. READ MORE

3. 2. Travel behavior of mountain bikers: : A case study on sustainable transportation choices

   University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomi, geografi, juridik och turism

   Author : Henk Högemann; [2023]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Bearing in mind that the car as a mode of transportation is responsible for more than one third of all tourism-related emissions worldwide and that a growing number of destinations offer mountain biking as nature-based tourism product, it becomes relevant to investigate mountain bikers with regarding their travel behavior. Therefore, the aim of this master thesis is to understand the transportation mode choice behavior of mountain bike (MTB) tourists when engaging in mountain bike specific vacation. READ MORE

4. 3. Ralph Ellison and the Postcolonial Identity of Black Invisibility

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Victoria Wendel; [2022]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to analyse the postcolonial identity of black ‘invisibility’ in Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man (1952). It conceptualizes and explains the extended metaphor over the novel, of black identity and how black people are made invisible by historical and cultural factors. READ MORE

5. 4. ANIMAL QUALIA AND NON-ANTHROPOCENTRIC NARRATION IN BARBARA GOWDY’S THE WHITE BONE : PROBLEMATIZING NONHUMAN EXPERIENTIALITY THROUGH ENVISIONMENTS IN THE EFL CLASSROOM

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Niklas Erlandsson; [2021]
   Keywords : Cognition; multimodality; cognitive ecocriticism; synaesthesia; cross-modality; sensorial aesthetics; phenomenology; immersion; animal subjectivity; animal sentience; animal alterity; extended mind theory; social mind; upper secondary school; high school; EFL context.;

   Abstract : This thesis examines nonhuman phenomenological experiences, communication, and sensory perception in Barbara Gowdy’s The White Bone. Drawing on literary and pedagogical theories by Roman Bartosch, Monika Fludernik, Marco Caracciolo, David Herman, and Judith Langer, the thesis argues that Gowdy’s novel employs narrative strategies and devices that involve nonhuman experientiality evoked from sensorial configurations, narration, and textual cognitive and embodied experiences. READ MORE

6. 5. A Critique of the Learning Brain

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för teoretisk filosofi

   Author : Joakim Olsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Learning Brain; Learning; Cognitivism; Representational Theory of Mind; Computational Theory of Mind; Mentalism; Mind-Brain Identity; Computer Analogy; Scientism; Anthropological Holism; Enactivism; Intentionality; Intentional Action; Phenomenology; Philosophy of Mind; Cognitive Science; Capabilities; Practical Knowledge; Bildung; Wolf Singer; Kurt W. Fischer; Jerry Fodor; Vincent Descombes; Ludwig Wittgenstein; Elizabeth Anscombe; Evan Thompson;

   Abstract : The guiding question for this essay is: who is the learner? The aim is to examine and criticize one answer to this question, sometimes referred to as the theory of the learning brain, which suggests that the explanation of human learning can be reduced to the transmitting and storing of information in the brain’s formal and representational architecture, i.e. READ MORE