Distributed Cognition in Medieval and Renaissance Culture

Reveals the diverse ways that cognition was seen as spread over brain, body and world in the 9–17th centuries The second book in an ambitious 4-volume set looking at distributed cognition in the history of thoughtIncludes essays on literature, philosophy, law, art, music, medicine, science and material cultureFor students and scholars in medieval and Renaissance studies, cognitive humanities and philosophy of mind Draws out what was distinctive about medieval and Renaissance insights into (and s