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A conceptual barrier that the extended mind hypothesis seeks to overcome, implying that any process occurring within this boundary is cognitive, while what's outside is not. Extended mind challenges this by showing cognition can be situated outside this barrier.

A thought experiment by Clark and Chalmers involving a man with Alzheimer's using a notebook as a memory aid. This illustrates how external objects can serve cognitive functions, questioning mind-brain identity theory.

Tools that extend mental processes beyond the brain, such as calculators or smartphones. This concept under the extended mind hypothesis implies that the mind is not confined to the skull and can extend into the environment.

The idea that cognitive processes are shaped by cultural tools and practices. This perspective suggests that cognition is not only embedded but extended into social and cultural constructs, challenging the idea of a biologically isolated mind.

A type of externalism that sees the environment playing an active role in driving cognitive processes, as opposed to merely facilitating them. It suggests that the boundary of the mind extends beyond the brain and body.

Principle stating that if an external object performs a function that, if done in the head, would be considered cognitive, then the external process is cognitive as well. It defies the idea that cognition is solely an internal process.

This principle details the criteria for when external processes should be considered part of the cognitive process: when the external component is reliably available and typically invoked. It disrupts the location-based understanding of cognitive processes.