From the first line of Wilson's paper: > There is a movement afoot in cognitive science to grant the body a central role in shaping the mind. It is far from t

From the first line of Wilson's paper: > There is a movement afoot in cognitive science to grant the body a central role in shaping the mind. It is far from true to say "having a body and sensorimotor interactions with the environment are already established as fundamental preconditions for cognition and in turn consciousness" It is a popular idea in some groups of people that study these questions. But there are many other similar groups of peopel studying these questions who do not agree with it, certainly not stated as strongly as you have put it here. Also, a reminder that HN readership and its commentariat, while dominated by SWE, is not limited to them.