2004-11-20Z2011-03-11T08:55:44Zhttp://cogprints.org/id/eprint/3949This item is in the repository with the URL: http://cogprints.org/id/eprint/39492004-11-20ZEmbodied cognition: A field guideThe nature of cognition is being re-considered. Instead of emphasizing formal operations on abstract symbols, the new approach foregrounds the fact that cognition is, rather, a situated activity, and suggests that thinking beings ought therefore be considered first and foremost as acting beings. The essay reviews recent work in Embodied Cognition, provides a concise guide to its principles, attitudes and goals, and identifies the physical grounding project as its central research focus. Dr. Michael L. Anderson