Michele Merritt
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Associate Professor of Philosophy
Also affiliated: Durham University (2013); University of South Florida (2007–2010); University of Memphis (2013); Macquarie University (2013)
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Michele Merritt's research investigates the philosophical underpinnings of cognition, particularly focusing on enactivist and extended mind theories. Her work explores how cognitive processes are intertwined with bodily movement and external environments, challenging traditional views of the mind as solely internal. Merritt has examined the role of dance in shaping cognitive agency and has also applied enactivist frameworks to understand interspecies interactions, specifically in the context of dog play.
Her scholarship extends to critical examinations of how cognitive science constructs categories of impairment, using the example of Female Sexual Dysfunction. Merritt has also explored themes related to adoption, community formation, and identity among adopted adults, drawing on personal experience and online communities. Her publications contribute to ongoing debates in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and the social study of technology.
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- h-index: 7
- Publications: 26
- Citations: 156
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Associate Professor of Philosophy publications 2013–2024Arkansas State University Listing
Selected Publications
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Be Grateful or Be Quiet (2024)
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Rediscovering latent trauma: An adopted adult's perspective (2021)
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Dances with dogs: interspecies play and a case for sympoietic enactivism (2021)
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Kristin Andrews: The animal mind: an introduction to the philosophy of animal cognition (2015)
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Dismantling standard cognitive science: it’s time the dog has its day (2015)
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Making (Non)sense of Gender (2014)
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Thinking-is-moving: dance, agency, and a radically enactive mind (2013)
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Editorial introduction: Socializing the extended mind (2013)
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Instituting impairment: Extended cognition and the construction of Female Sexual Dysfunction (2013)
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- Editorial introduction: Socializing the extended mind
- Editorial introduction: Socializing the extended mind
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