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Biography
I am Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy. Between 2014 and 2018 I was an ARC Future Fellow at Macquarie University Sydney. I read for a BA in philosophy at the University of Ulster, an MSc in Cognitive Science at the University of Birmingham and then a PhD in philosophy at King's College London. I have taught philosophy at the University of Kent, Birkbeck College Faculty of Continuing Education and as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire and then at the University of Wollongong.
I have published widely on extended, embodied and distributed cognition, neural plasticity, symbolic cognition – particularly reading and mathematical cognition, the cultural evolution of social cognition pragmatism and cognitive science and embodied narratives and the self. I am currently completing a new book on the enculturated mind.
Research interests
Philosophy of Mind – mental representations, the self.
Philosophy of Cognitive Science – Social cognition, symbolic cognition (maths, reading and writing), predicitve coding, 4E cognition, cognitive integration.
Philosophy of Biology - The extended synthesis and the evolution of cognition.
Pragmatism - especially C.S. Peirce.
Aesthetics - the evolution of art and art experience.
Virtue theory as it applies to both ethical and cognitive aspects of the individual.
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Macquarie University Research Centre for Agency, Values and Ethics (CAVE)
Mackenzie, C., Kennett, J., Rogers, W., Menary, R., Meyerson, D., Atkin, A., Bernal-Pulido, C., Deranty, J., Downey, G., Formosa, P., Heersmink, R., Hochman, A., Hutchison, K., Johnson, J., Klein, C., Levy, N., Lotz, M., MacDermott, T., Olson, M., Rossmanith, K., Schier, E., Sinnerbrink, R., Smith, N., Stotz, K., Sutton, J. & White, K.
1/01/17 → …
Project: Research
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The Enculturated Brain: How Culture Transforms the Brain and Extends our Cognitive Capabilities
Menary, R., MQRES, M. & MQRES (International), M.
3/03/14 → …
Project: Research
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Macquarie University Ethics and Agency Research Centre
Mackenzie, C., Rogers, W., Meyerson, D., Kennett, J., Menary, R., Barrow, A., Bernal-Pulido, C., Deranty, J., Downey, G., Faulkner, J., Formosa, P., Hochman, A., Hutchison, K., Johnson, J., Levy, N., Lipworth, W., Lotz, M., Pugliese, J., Ross, R., Rossmanith, K., Schier, E., Sinnerbrink, R., Smith, N., Sorial, S., Sutton, J., Voyce, M., Gleeson, K. & MacDermott, T.
1/01/20 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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CFR: Macquarie University Centre for Reading
Castles, A., McArthur, G., Parrila, R., Badcock, N., Banales, E., Beyersmann, L., Chik, A., Coltheart, M., Cupples, L., Cutler, H., Djonov, E., Kinoshita, S., Kohnen, S., Kruger, J., Menary, R., Nickels, L., Reichle, E., Ryan, M., Wang, H. & Yu, L.
1/01/20 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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Theorising intelligence as a collective system of perception and comprehension (distributed cognition) that aims to facilitate superior understanding in conflict (information superiority)
Uhlmann, A. J. & Menary, R.
1/01/19 → 31/12/20
Project: Other
Research Outputs
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Markov blankets do not demarcate the boundaries of the mind
Menary, R. & Gillett, A. J., 29 Sept 2022, In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 45, 2 p., e201.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/opinion
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The tools of enculturation
Menary, R. & Gillett, A., Apr 2022, In: Topics in Cognitive Science. 14, 2, p. 363-387 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Are Markov blankets real and does it matter?
Menary, R. & Gillett, A. J., 2021, The philosophy and science of predictive processing. Mendonça, D., Curado, M. & Gouveia, S. S. (eds.). London ; New York: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 39-58 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Cognitive integration: how culture transforms us and extends our cognitive capabilities
Menary, R., 2018, Oxford handbook of 4E Cognition. Newen, A., de Bruin, L. & Gallagher, S. (eds.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, p. 187-215 28 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Keeping track with things
Menary, R., 2018, Extended epistemology. Carter, J. A., Clark, A., Kallestrup, J., Palermos, S. O. & Pritchard, D. (eds.). London ; New York: Oxford University Press, p. 305-330 26 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
8 Citations (Scopus)