The Extended Mind Analysis

I would like to state that before I make my stance on the question that I will be addressing in my essay as a response to

Andy Clark and David Chalmers’ “The Extended Mind”, that I am simply expressing my own personal and conceptual opinions on whether the authors provide persuasive grounds to believe that our mental states and processes can extend beyond our brain and body into the technological environment, in which case my answer is yes, I think they do. I realize that the latter is also just as reasonable, as I have no real or physical proof of a technologically extended mind myself other than what I personally believe in, so though I think a good persuasive argument can implant the seeds of a new idea in ones mind, solid proof works more

Aiden must rely on his close childhood friend Bailey to try to remind him of who he his, and confirm basic information about his life to the best of her ability, (perhaps Aiden is estranged from his parents in this case). Bailey knows Aiden exceptionally well, she helps him to re-learn everything from where he lives, to what his hobbies are and what he 's interested in on a regular basis until his memories begin to come back to him. Aiden relies on Bailey 's cognitive functions for the retrieval of information about his life, through trial and repetition until that information is confirmed into beliefs that Aiden can depend on so that he may begin to start functioning independently again. He can begin to rely strictly on his own brain funtions regarding information about himself and no longer on his friend Bailey, who acted temporary stand in as for Aidens memories when he was unable to perform those functions on his own. What if the situation were slightly altered in which instead of being Aiden 's close childhood friend Bailey were actually a highly intelligent computer program, similar to an A.I such as Suri or Cleverbot in which one can interactively hold a coherent conversation with and share information both ways. Typically an A.I will have access to most of the information available on the web and can retain personal information the person conversing with it shares about themself. In the case where Bailey is actually an A.I rather than a human being, Bailey is still playing the relevant role of Aiden 's memory despite a small difference in the circumstance of what Bailey is, the role is still being carried out in the exact same