Abstract

To examine and search for an alternative to the classical Cartesian conceptual foundations of the concept of 'mind' in psychology, the recent theoretical movements of 'extended mind' in philosophy of psychology, psychology, and other related fields were reviewed with a positive appraisal. After discussing that human mind has coevolved with soft and hard artifacts, and that mental phenomena emerge from an interacting nexus of brain, body, and world (including artifacts), it was proposed that the current psychological and cognitive science enterprise of reformulating the concept of 'mind' should take into account of the roles artifacts play in this nexus. It was also discussed that this kind of reformulation of the concept of mind has some far reaching implications for the future of psychology by extending the scopes and extent of psychology in the applied fields.