Paweł Gładziejewski
Rocznik Kognitywistyczny, Tom 4, 2010, s. 73 - 80
Are Empirical Proofs of Embodied Cognition Anomalies in the Context of Classical Models of Cognition?
The article disuccusses the role played by anomalies in Kuhn’s sense in the transition from the „classical model of cognition” to the „embodied paradigm” which can recently be observed in the field of the cognitive sciences. An example of the aforementioned problem is analysed in detail: the role of empirical evidence in the dispute about the nature of conceptual representation. It is shown that evidence in favour of the „embodied” theories of concepts are not entirely conclusive and are not at all inconsistent with more „classical” theories. This example shows that empirical anomalies seem to play a lesser role than one might think in at least some of the quasi-paradigmatic and paradigmatic changes in cognitive science.
Paweł Gładziejewski
Rocznik Kognitywistyczny, Tom 5, 2011, s. 57 - 63
https://doi.org/10.4467/20843895RK.12.007.0411
Mental Simulation as a Process Underlying Cognitive Engagement with Narrative Fictions
The aim of the article is to employ results from philosophy of mind and cognitive sciences in order to answer certain questions from the field of philosophy of art. What is specifically at issue is the problem of the cognitive underpinnings of subject’s relation to narrative fictions presented in novels and movies. A proposal according to which this relation is mediated by mental simulation is critically assessed. The author discusses two theses that are based on this general simulationist idea, namely theses that (1) a person engaged in reading a novel or watching a movie simulates mental states of the protagonists (empathizes with them); (2) the simulation mechanism underlies the ability to imagine fictional events presented in narratives.