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Why There Are Still Moral Reasons to Prefer Extended over Embedded: a (Short) Reply to Cassinadri

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In a recent paper, Cassinadri (2022) raised substantial criticism about the possibility of using moral reasons to endorse the hypothesis of extended cognition (EXT) over its most popular alternative, the embedded view (EMB). In particular, Cassinadri criticized 4 of the arguments we formulated to defend EXT and argued that our claim that EXT might be preferable to EMB (on the grounds of its progressiveness and inclusiveness) does not stand close scrutiny. In this short reply, we point out—contra Cassinadri—why we still believe that there are moral reasons to prefer EXT over EMB, hence why we think that the former is more inclusive and more progressive than the latter.

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  1. We plan to submit a full reply to Cassinadri in the near future.

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We would like to thank Prof Luciano Floridi for inviting us to send this brief commentary.

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  1. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Innopolis University, Universitetskaya St, 1, Republic of Tatarstan, Innopolis, Russian Federation, 420500

    Mirko Farina

  2. Lab of Industrializing Software Production (LIPS), Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, Universitetskaya St, 1, Republic of Tatarstan, Innopolis, Russian Federation, 420500

    Mirko Farina

  3. Centro Universitario Internazionale, Via Antonio Garbasso, 42 - 52100, Arezzo, AR, Italy

    Andrea Lavazza

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Farina, M., Lavazza, A. Why There Are Still Moral Reasons to Prefer Extended over Embedded: a (Short) Reply to Cassinadri. Philos. Technol. 35, 67 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-022-00566-8

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