Andy Clark | |
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| Born | 1957 (age 66–67) |
| Alma mater | University of Stirling |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
| Institutions | University of Sussex University of Edinburgh Glasgow University Washington University in St. Louis Indiana University, Bloomington |
Main interests | Philosophy of mind |
Notable ideas | Extended mind |
Andy Clark, FBA (born 1957) is a British philosopher who is Professor of Cognitive Philosophy at the University of Sussex. Prior to this, he was a professor of philosophy and Chair in Logic and Metaphysics at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, director of the Cognitive Science Program at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana and previously taught at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Clark is one of the founding members of the CONTACT collaborative research project whose aim is to investigate the role environment plays in shaping the nature of conscious experience.[1] Clark's papers and books deal with the philosophy of mind and he is considered a leading scholar [citation needed][2] on the subject of mind extension. He has also written extensively on connectionism, robotics and the role and nature of mental representation.[3]