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Clark & Chalmers proposed the parity argument for extended mind
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“Clark & Chalmers (1998), "The Extended Mind," *Analysis* 58(1): 7–19”
VERIFIED — a word-for-word match in the stored source
Substances, screens, and inner speech are all extended-mind elements.
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“substances, screens, and inner speech are all extended-mind elements”
VERIFIED — a word-for-word match in the stored source
The extended mind literature is small and scattered in the context of addiction.
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“This space exists but is small and scattered.”
VERIFIED — a word-for-word match in the stored source
Disputed — who says what, against what see standalone →
These are things people say about Andy Clark that aren't settled fact — each one attributed to who's actually claiming it, so a claim never quietly passes as established just because it showed up in a document. Weigh it yourself.
Disputed
"The paper's framing appears genuinely original within the extended-mind literature."
Unattributed assertion · stance: pro
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
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Disputed
"humans have *always* offloaded cognitive function to environmental scaffolds"
Asserted by Andy Clark · stance: pro
The evidence on file mostly supports this, but it's still someone's claim, not a settled fact.
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Timeline see standalone →
2015
2015
publication of Surfing Uncertainty