{"product_id":"scaffolded-minds-integration-and-disintegration-paperback","title":"Scaffolded Minds: Integration and Disintegration - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSomogy Varga\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive account of cognitive scaffolding and its significance for understanding mental disorders.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eScaffolded Minds\u003c\/i\u003e, Somogy Varga offers a novel account of cognitive scaffolding and its significance for understanding mental disorders. The book is part of the growing philosophical engagement with empirically informed philosophy of mind, which studies the interfaces between philosophy and cognitive science. Varga draws on two recent shifts within empirically informed philosophy of mind: the first, toward an intensified study of the embodied mind; and the second, toward a study of the disordered mind that acknowledges the convergence of the explanatory concerns of psychiatry and interdisciplinary inquiries into the mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVarga sets out to accomplish a dual task: theoretical \u003ci\u003emapping\u003c\/i\u003e of cognitive scaffolding; and the \u003ci\u003eapplication\/calibration\u003c\/i\u003e of fine-grained philosophical distinctions to empirical research. He introduces the notion of \u003ci\u003eactively scaffolded cognition\u003c\/i\u003e (ASC) and offers a taxonomy that distinguishes between intrasomatic and extrasomatic scaffolding. He then shows that ASC offers a productive framework for considering certain characteristic features of mental disorders, focusing on altered bodily experience and social cognition deficits. With \u003ci\u003eCognitive Scaffolding\u003c\/i\u003e, Varga aims to establish that shifting attention from mental symptoms to fine-grained sensorimotor aspects can lead to identifying diagnostic subtypes or even specific sensorimotor markers for early diagnosis.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomogy Varga is Professor of Philosophy at Aarhus University, Denmark. He previously worked at the University of Memphis (2012-2019), the Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of Osnabr?ck (2009-2012), and the Institute of Social Research at Goethe University Frankfurt (2007-2009). He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAuthenticity as an Ethical Ideal\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Naturalism, Interpretation, and Mental Disorder\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 284\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773038002464,"sku":"9780262553407","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/25ccb4bdc9ec064359d6e175abbdbc53.webp?v=1780418603","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/scaffolded-minds-integration-and-disintegration-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}