计算主义是一种认知上的唯我论,计算认知过程仅仅发生于人脑或颅内,没有必要提及外在的世界。涉身认知科学主张认知并非仅仅发生于人脑或颅内,它完全可以发生于人脑或颅外的对象中。但是,计算主义和涉身认知科学并非是不可融合,涉身认知科学为计算主义提供了意见参考,计算认知过程可以跨越脑,延展于环境之中,而涉身认知科学面临的“一致性”难题也能够通过诉诸“计算”概念予以解决,最终二者走向了融合。
The Computationalism is a cognitive theory of Solipsism. The Computational cognitive processes occur only in the human brain, and there is no need to mention the external world. The Embodied Cognitive Science advocates that the cognition does not occur only in the human brain, but also outside the human brain. However, The Computationalism and the Embodied Cognitive Science are not incompatible, and the Embodied Cognitive Science provides a reference for computationalism. The Computational cognitive processes can span the brain and extend into the environment, and the "Consistency" of the Embodied Cognitive Science can also be resolved by resorting to the "computation" concept, and they ultimately connect and impact each other.