Between Thought and Action:BCI-Actions and the Mind-Body Debate
Brain-computer interfaces(BCI)have changed the way of humans actions,and humans can do things directly through their thoughts.These facts have brought challenges to traditional theory of action.Some scholars believe that BCI-actions are"mental act with an external effect",because they do not need a bodily movement.Other scholars believe the direct causation of BCI-actions are agent's imagination or attention,instead of intentionality.These views show BCI-actions are inconformity to the standard action theory,therefore,the action theory should be revised.In fact,this dilemma stems from a misunderstanding of the concept of mind,body and its relationship,which leads to falling into the trap of dualism.BCI-actions should be interpreted as bodily actions rather than mental actions.BCI will become a highly embodied technology if the user's sensory feedback could also be improved.There is no need to construct a completely new theory of action to accommodate BCI-actions,and it is suffi-cient to reasonably interpret and extend the existing theories of action.
brain-computer interface(BCI)the causal Theory of Actionembodimentbodily actionmental action
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