The «extended mind thesis» sounds like a substantive thesis, the truth of which we
should investigate. But actually the thesis a) turns about to be just a statement on
where the demarcations for the «mental» are to be set (internal, external,…), i.e. it
is about the «mark of the mental»; and b) the choice about the mark of the mental
is a verbal choice, not a matter of scientific discovery. So, the «extended mind thesis
» is a remark on how its supporters or opponents want to use the word ‘mind’,
not a thesis of cognitive science or philosophy. The upshot of the extended mind
discussion should not be to draw the line further out, but to drop the demarcation
project
