从符号加工到联结主义,心灵始终与身体分离。笛卡尔的身心二元论一直主导着人们对身心关系的认识。但具身认知的出现打破了这一局面,身心一体论得以确立。具身认知通过身体的主体性来说明认知对于身体的依赖。近年来神经科学的发展也为具身思想提供了生理学的依据。具身认知的出现为重构认知理论提供了新思路。
From symbol processing to connectionism,the mind and the body is always separated from each other. The understanding of the relationship between body and mind has been dominated by Descartes, who claims the body and the mind are fundamentally differ- ent. The appearance of Embodied Cognition breaks this situation, and identify that the body and the mind are a unity in essence. Embod- ied cognition stress that the body is the subject of the cognition and the cognition depends on the body. The development of neuroscience in recent years provides a physiological basis for Embodied idea. Embodied Cognition provides a new way to reconstruct the cognitive theory.