Embodied Cognition a Post-Humanist View
The Embodied (Motional, Emotional and Motivational) Cognition of an Experiencing Cyborg Body
(since the Cave of Hands)
The prevalence of humans using miniature devices with access to the internet blurs the boundary of the human body by asking: Does the human body end with the skin, with the devices it holds, or with all that the device can reach when the human uses it? To a lesser degree, it also asks, do these devices make humans cyborg? And what about non-organic prosthesis embedded in the human body, do these devices make humans cyborg? This paper argues that the idea of a cyborg more aptly describes the condition of being human not only now but through the ages. This paper examines how new technologies define the human body, and what and how the human body knows. Further, this paper makes a case for old technologies dating back to the time of the Cave of Hands having done the same.
(since the Cave of Hands)
The prevalence of humans using miniature devices with access to the internet blurs the boundary of the human body by asking: Does the human body end with the skin, with the devices it holds, or with all that the device can reach when the human uses it? To a lesser degree, it also asks, do these devices make humans cyborg? And what about non-organic prosthesis embedded in the human body, do these devices make humans cyborg? This paper argues that the idea of a cyborg more aptly describes the condition of being human not only now but through the ages. This paper examines how new technologies define the human body, and what and how the human body knows. Further, this paper makes a case for old technologies dating back to the time of the Cave of Hands having done the same.