Seeing Objects: The Structure of Visual Representation by Michela C Tacca

Seeing Objects: The Structure of Visual Representation by Michela C Tacca

'Seeing Objects' provides a novel neurophilosophical theory of the structure and nature of visual object representation, and of mental representation in general. The book compares psychological and neurophysiological accounts on how our visual system creates coherent representations of objects with philosophical accounts of the structure of higher-level cognition. By integrating accounts of visual binding operations with philosophical theories of mental representation, 'Seeing Objects' provides a sustained empirical argument that the visual system, like higher-cognitive systems, is systematic and deploys non-conceptual representations with a compositional structure. Moreover, by considering the structural similarities between visual and thought representations, the book establishes a new theoretical basis for studies into the nature of the relation and interaction between perception and higher-order cognition, a timely research topic in Cognitive Science.

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ISBN 13	9783897857094
ISBN 10	389785709X
Title	Seeing Objects: The Structure of Visual Representation
Author	Michela C Tacca
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Brill Mentis
Year published	2010-07-01
Number of pages	126
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