Rozproszyć perspektywę, czyli dlaczego potrzebujemy heurystyki ekologii poznawczej

Michał Piekarski

doi:10.14394/filnau.2023.0001

Authors

Michał Piekarski Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw, Department of Philosophy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9482-526X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14394/filnau.2023.0001

Keywords:

cognitive ecology, heuristics, distributed cognition, wide cognition, philosophy of cognitive science, explanation, new mechanical philosophy, free energy principle

Abstract

The paper is a discussion of the book by Witold Wachowski entitled Poznanie rozproszone: Od heurystyk do mechanizmów (Distributed Cognition: From Heuristics to Mechanisms). At the beginning, I introduce the theoretical context of the reviewed publication. Then, I discuss the content of the publication and the research thesis. In the further part, I draw attention to certain difficulties related to the application of ecological heuristics and the possibility of its connection with the research tradition developed on the basis of the so-called free energy principle. In the last part, I indicate the importance of the discussed publication for the contemporary debate
conducted on the basis of the philosophy of cognitive science.

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