Spatial Representation Problems in Philosophy and Psychology

Name: Spatial Representation Problems in Philosophy and Psychology
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ISBN: 9780198238874

ISBN-10: 0198238878

ISBN-13: 9780198238874

Edition: 1999

Authors: Naomi Eilan, Rosaleen A. McCarthy, Bill Brewer

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Spatial Representation presents original, specially written essays by leading psychologists and philosophers on a fascinating set of topics at the intersection of these two disciplines. They address such questions as these: Do the extraordinary navigational abilities of birds mean that these birds have the same kind of grip on the idea of a spatial world as we do? Is there a difference between the way sighted and blind subjects represent the world 'out there'? Does the study of brain-injured subjects, such as 'blind seers', tell us anything about the working of normal spatial consciousness? The essays are arranged into five sections, each of which reflects a central area of research into…

Book details

List price: $74.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/27/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 422
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



List of contributors


Preface


General introduction




Frames of reference


Introduction: Frames of reference




Organization of spatial knowledge in children




Kant and the sea-horse: An essay in the neurophilosophy of space




The role of physical objects in spatial thinking




Intuitive physics


Introduction: Intuitive physics




Extrapolating and remembering positions along cognitive trajectories: Uses and limitations of analogies to physical motion




Perceiving and reasoning about objects: Insights from infants




Intuitive mechanics, psychological reality and the idea of a material object




Spatial representation in the sensory modalities


Introduction: Spatial representation in the sensory modalities




Spatial and nonspatial avenues to object recognition by the human haptic system




Sense modalities and spatial properties




Molyneux's babies: Cross-modal perception, imitation and the mind of the preverbal infant




Molyneux's question and the idea of an external world




Content and vehicle




Action


Introduction: Action




Actions and responses: The dual psychology of behaviour




The integration of spatial vision and action




What and where


Introduction: What and where




A neurobiological approach to the development of 'where' and 'what' systems for spatial representation in human infants




Computing 'where' and 'what' in the visual system




Image indeterminacy: The picture theory of images and the bifurcation of 'what' and 'where' information in higher-level vision




Assembling routines and addressing representations: An alternative conceptualization of 'what' and 'where' in the human brain



Workshop participants


Index