Cognitive Science

A foundational theoretical framework in psychology addressing Dual-Process Theory at the micro level of analysis.

A radical cognitive science thesis proposing active externalism: cognitive processes are not confined to the biological brain/skull, but extend into the physical environment via continuous tool couplings.

A sociocultural learning theory proposing that learning is situated in authentic social practices, occurring through "legitimate peripheral participation" within communities of practice (CoP).

A foundational cognitive architecture theory proposing that the human mind consists of low-level, domain-specific, informationally encapsulated input modules connected to central unencapsulated belief systems.

A cognitive linguistics theory demonstrating that metaphor is not mere literary decoration, but a fundamental cognitive mechanism mapping concrete bodily experiences onto abstract conceptual domains.

An ecological psychology theory positing that the environment directly presents actionable properties and possibilities ("affordances") relative to the bodily capabilities of an organism without mediating mental representations.

A foundational theoretical framework in linguistics addressing Generative Grammar at the micro level of analysis.

A foundational theoretical framework in cognitive-science addressing The Cognitive Revolution at the micro level of analysis.

A foundational administrative and behavioral theory demonstrating that human decision makers face cognitive processing and information limits, leading them to "satisfice" rather than optimize.

A foundational phenomenological theory asserting the primacy of embodied perception: the lived body (*corps propre*) is not an object, but our constitutive anchor and medium of being-in-the-world.

A rigorous philosophical methodology suspending natural dogmatic assumptions about the external world (*epoché*) to directly intuit the essential structures of conscious experience and intentionality.

A radical epistemological critique demonstrating that inductive inferences and causal connections cannot be logically or empirically justified, resting merely on psychological custom and habit.

A foundational empiricist epistemological theory asserting that the human mind begins as a blank slate (*tabula rasa*), acquiring all ideas and knowledge through sensory experience and reflection.

A seminal rationalist epistemological principle establishing that while all sensory perceptions can be systematically doubted, the existence of the doubting thinking subject is undeniable (*Cogito, ergo sum*).