The frozen cyborg: A reply to Selinger and Engström

Andy Clark

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The frozen cyborg: A reply to Selinger and Engström

Andy Clark^*

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Abstract

Selinger and Engstrom, A moratorium on cyborgs: Computation, cognition and commerce, 2008 (this issue) urge upon us a moratorium on 'cyborg discourse'. But the argument underestimates the richness and complexity of our ongoing communal explorations. It leans on a somewhat outdated version of the machine metaphor (exemplified perhaps by a frozen 1970's Cyborg). The modern cyborg, informed by an evolving computational model of mind, can play a positive role in the critical discussions that Selinger and Engstrom seek.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	343-346
Number of pages	4
Journal	Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
Volume	7
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11097-008-9105-3
Publication status	Published - Sept 2008
Externally published	Yes

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Cognition
Computation
Cyborg
Mind

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