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4E cognition encapsulates the idea that cognition is embodied, embedded in an environment, enactive in its emergence, and potentially extended into the environment. In contrast, analytic philosophy may struggle with integrating these concepts, as they require a move beyond traditional views of discrete, brain-bound cognition.

Embodied cognition is a theoretical perspective in cognitive science and philosophy of mind emphasizing the role that the body plays in shaping the mind. It contrasts with traditional cognitive models that place emphasis on abstract symbols and computations. It challenges the Cartesian dualism prevalent in analytic philosophy by advocating that cognition is shaped and constrained by the body.

Embodied cognition posits that sensorimotor experience plays a critical role in cognitive development and functioning. Analytic philosophy has traditionally underestimated this role, favoring a separation of sensory experience from higher cognitive processing.

Ecological psychology, related to embodied cognition, emphasizes the organism-environment system as the basis of perception and action, which confronts the more computational and representational views in analytic philosophy, urging for a more holistic understanding of cognition.

Embodied cognition extends to social interaction, arguing that social cognition is grounded in embodied practices like gesture and mimicry. This challenges analytic philosophy's traditional emphasis on propositional attitudes and abstract reasoning in social understanding.

Embodied cognition emphasizes the coupling of perception and action, stating that they are not separate processes but are deeply interdependent. Analytic philosophy's more traditional view tends to consider perception and action as distinct, modular functions.

Embodied cognition is heavily influenced by phenomenology, which emphasizes first-person experience. This subjective emphasis offers a contrast to the objective, third-person perspectives that dominate analytic philosophy, and reintroduces the importance of everyday lived experience to the study of mind.

Embodiment suggests that aspects of the physical body, such as movement and perception, inherently influence cognitive processes. It implies that mind and body are fundamentally interlinked. In analytic philosophy, this concept encourages a re-evaluation of the mind-body problem and critiques the notion of disembodied thinking.

Enactivism is a perspective within embodied cognition that emphasizes the idea that cognition arises through a dynamic interaction between an organism and its environment. It contrasts with computational and representational views in analytic philosophy, suggesting that cognition is more about doing than representing.

Body schemas in embodied cognition refer to preconscious, practical understandings of the body's capabilities and its relation to space. This contrasts with the analytic emphasis on conscious, deliberate reasoning and acknowledges that much of cognition operates beneath conscious awareness.

The Extended Mind Thesis posits that cognitive processes can extend beyond the brain to include the body and environment. It is a point of contention in analytic philosophy, with some arguing it blurs the distinction between cognition and non-cognitive processes.

Conceptual metaphor theory suggests that abstract thought is largely metaphorical and based on bodily experiences. This theory challenges analytic philosophy by proposing that our abstract concepts are not amodal symbols but grounded in embodied experience.

Situated cognition argues that thinking is always tied to a context or environment. It opposes the decontextualized view of mind common in analytic philosophy, suggesting instead that cognition cannot be fully understood without considering its interaction with the physical and social environment.

Embodied cognition considers the temporal dynamics of cognition, arguing that the timing and rhythm of bodily processes affect mental phenomena. This adds a temporal layer of analysis that is often underappreciated in traditional analytic philosophy approaches to cognition.