Abstract:
There are a problematic set of beliefs for the Extended Mind Hypothesis which operate on non-referring content. Mental states operating on ostensive informational sources are intuitively more available for extended mind theories. the difficulty arises in accounting for kinds which are non-referring. Despite the explicit lack of extension, these types of content are not internalist argumentative tools but are rather good cases for Socially Extended Mind. Therefore, I will demonstrate the role which enculturation,social practice, and tradition play in individuating mental content. Here-in, the role that culture-as-institution plays in cognition is brought to force. It is the principled social distribution of cognition which allow for these forms and any appeal to non-derived content will not adequately address the fundamental components of non-referring, content-full cognitive states.
