{"product_id":"the-tinkering-mind-tillmann-vierkant-9780192894267","title":"The Tinkering Mind: Agency, Cognition, and the Extended Mind","description":"Epistemic agency is a crucial concept in many different areas of philosophy and the cognitive sciences. It is crucial in dual process theories of cognition as well as theories of metacognition and mindreading, self-control, and moral agency. But what is epistemic agency? \u003cem\u003eThe Tinkering Mind\u003c\/em\u003e argues that epistemic agency has two distinct and incompatible definitions. It can be simply understood as intentional mental action, or as a distinct non-voluntary form of evaluative agency. The core argument of the book demonstrates that both definitions lead to surprising and counterintuitive consequences. If epistemic agency is a form of intentional action, then this implies that the radical theory of extended cognition has to be true. If, on the other hand, epistemic agency is not intentional action but evaluative agency, then intentional epistemic actions like deliberation are not truly cognitive but merely catalytic. Once established, the distinction between these two options sheds new light on various and diverse philosophical and psychological debates from dual process theories to debates on choice and self-control.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tillmann Vierkant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0192894269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780192894267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.50w x 1.20d","brand":"Tillmann Vierkant","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44069585617151,"sku":"9780192894267","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3c07540a-ae75-471e-91f6-911b014517da.jpg?v=1685425473","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-tinkering-mind-tillmann-vierkant-9780192894267","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}