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Distributed Cognition in Medieval and Renaissance Culture

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Anderson M & Wheeler M (eds.) (2019) Distributed Cognition in Medieval and Renaissance Culture. The Edinburgh History of Distributed Cognition Series. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-distributed-cognition-in-medieval-and-renaissance-culture.html

Abstract
This collection brings together fourteen essays by international specialists in Medieval and Renaissance culture and provides a general and a period-specific introduction to distributed cognition and the cognitive humanities. The essays revitalise our reading of Medieval and Renaissance works in the fields of law, history, drama, literature, art, music, philosophy, science and medicine, by bringing to bear recent insights in cognitive science and philosophy of mind on the ways in which cognition is distributed across brain, body and world. As many of the texts and practices discussed here have influenced later Western European society and culture, this book reveals vital stages in the historical development of our attempts to comprehend and optimise the distributed nature of cognition.

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EditorProfessor Michael Wheeler
FundersArts and Humanities Research Council
Title of seriesThe Edinburgh History of Distributed Cognition Series
Publication date31/12/2019
Publication date online30/06/2019
PublisherEdinburgh University Press
Publisher URLhttps://edinburghuniversitypress.com/…nce-culture.html
Place of publicationEdinburgh
ISBN978 1 4744 3813 1
eISBN9781474438162

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