The concept of embodied cognition is not a settled one and has different interpretations and approaches among theorists. These range from radical embodiment to minimal embodiment, with various positions in between. Different perspectives, such as enactive, embedded, and extended or distributed cognition, are associated with the study of cognition and embodiment. There is no strong consensus on the idea of embodiment within these perspectives. Furthermore, not all approaches to embodied cognition oppose the classical computational model of cognition. The paper, “Interpretations of embodied cognition” by Shaun Gallagher aims to provide an overview of the different interpretations and meanings of embodied cognition in order to map out the landscape of this concept.
This paper really bring some sanity/clarity on what is what of embodiment.
Though Andrew Wilson has an issue with not including Gibson in this list, there is a great discussion happening there.
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