Andy Clark
Andy Clark is currently Professor of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh and will soon become Professor of Philosophy and Informatics at the University of Sussex with affiliation to the Sackler Centre for Consciousness (effective January 2019). Clark is a world-leading specialist in mind extension – being one of the first to posit an extended theory of mind.
Andy Clark is currently Professor of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh and will soon become Professor of Philosophy and Informatics at the University of Sussex with affiliation to the Sackler Centre for Consciousness (effective January 2019). Clark is a world-leading specialist in mind extension – being one of the first to posit an extended theory of mind.
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