Action in Perception

By: Alva Noe

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Honorable Mention, 2007 Book Prize presented by the American Philosophical Association. "Perception is not something that happens to us, or in us," writes Alva Noe. "It is something we do." In "Action in Perception," Noe argues that perception and perceptual consciousness depend on capacities for action and thought--that perception is a kind of thoughtful activity. Touch, not vision, should be our model for perception. Perception is not a process in the brain, but a kind of skillful activity of the body as a whole. We enact our perceptual experience. To perceive, according to this enactive approach to perception, is not merely to have sensations; it is to have sensations that we understand. In "Action in Perception," Noe investigates the forms this understanding can take. He begins by arguing, on both phenomenological and empirical grounds, that the content of perception is not like the content of a picture; the world is not given to consciousness all at once but is gained gradually by active inquiry and exploration. Noe then argues that perceptual experience acquires content thanks to our possession and exercise of practical bodily knowledge, and examines, among other topics, the problems posed by spatial content and the experience of color. He considers the perspectival aspect of the representational content of experience and assesses the place of thought and understanding in experience. Finally, he explores the implications of the enactive approach for our understanding of the neuroscience of perception.

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Non-Fiction Psychology Cognition & Cognitive Psychology Physiological & Neuro-Psychology, Biopsychology Medicine Clinical & Internal Medicine Neurology & Clinical Neurophysiology Philosophy Epistemology & The Theory of Knowledge Psychological Theory, Systems, Schools of Thought & Viewpoints Cognitivism, Cognitive Theory States of Consciousness

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Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
The Enactive Approach to Perception: An Introduction	p. 1
Pictures in Mind	p. 35
Enacting Content	p. 75
Colors Enacted	p. 123
Perspective in Content	p. 163
Thought in Experience	p. 181
Brain in Mind: A Conclusion	p. 209
Notes	p. 233
Works Cited	p. 251
Index	p. 269
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