The Border Between Seeing and Thinking
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Verlag OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780197622223
- ISBN10 0197622224
- Gegenstandsart Buch
- Buchseiten 568
- Sammlung Philosophy of Mind Series #
- Jahr der Ausgabe 2022
- Sprache Englisch
- Bindung Gebunden mit Hardcover
The Border Between Seeing and Thinking
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What is the difference between seeing and thinking?
In this book, philosopher Ned Block argues that there is a "joint in nature" between perception and cognition, but also that cognition penetrates perception.
The first half of the book is devoted to explaining the principled differences between perception and cognition, while the second half shows how thinking affects seeing, discusses the problem cases of mental representation of causation and numerosity, and drawsthe consequences for theories of consciousness. Along the way, Block tackles questions such as: Is perception conceptual and propositional? Is perception iconic or more akin to language in being discursive? What is the difference between the format and content of perception, and do perception andcognition have different formats? Is perception probabilistic, and if so, why are we not normally aware of this probabilistic nature of perception? Are the basic features of mind known as "core cognition" a third category in between perception and cognition?
This book explores these questions not by appeals to "intuitions," as is common in philosophy, but to empirical evidence, including experiments in neuroscience and psychology.
- Verlag OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780197622223
- ISBN10 0197622224
- Gegenstandsart Buch
- Buchseiten 568
- Sammlung Philosophy of Mind Series #
- Jahr der Ausgabe 2022
- Sprache Englisch
- Bindung Gebunden mit Hardcover