Question
A landmark 1994 book by Varela, Thompson, and Rosch titled for this theory draws on Keiji Nishitani’s analysis of how Buddhist mindfulness arises from dependent origination. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this theory of mind supported in a 1999 book by Lakoff and Johnson that applies their earlier work on metaphors. Proponents of this broad theory of mind often cite the example of highly intelligent octopi.
ANSWER: embodied cognition [accept The Embodied Mind; anti-prompt on embedded cognition, enactivism, or enactive cognition; anti-prompt on, BUT DO NOT OTHERWISE REVEAL, extended cognition] (Lakoff and Johnson’s book is called Philosophy in the Flesh.)
[10e] Varela et al. cite Maurice Merleau-Ponty, a member of this tradition, who argued that subjectivity is bound up with the body. Edmund Husserl founded this tradition that studies the nature of conscious experience.
ANSWER: phenomenology [or la phénoménologie; or phänomenologie]
[10m] Embodied cognition influenced a seminal paper by Clark and Chalmers that uses the example of Otto, a dementia patient who stores information in a notebook, to argue that the mind has this property.
ANSWER: extendedness [accept “The Extended Mind”]
<AY, Philosophy (Contemporary)>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror | 05/31/25 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 2025 RMP Fest Carleton Mirror | 07/13/25 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 RMP Fest CO Mirror | 08/10/25 | Y | 6 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |