Gebundenes Buch

Perception, Action, and Consciousness

Sensorimotor Dynamics and Two Visual Systems

Herausgeber: Gangopadhyay, Nivedita; Spicer, Finn; Madary, Michael

Beschreibung

What is the relationship between perception and action, between an organism and its environment, in explaining consciousness? This book is an interdisciplinary exploration of the relationship between perception and action, with a focus on the debate about the dual visual systems hypothesis, against action oriented theories of perception.

Autor

Nivedita Gangopadhyaypursued her doctoral degree at the Institut Jean Nicod (CNRS/EHESS/ENS), Paris, France under the supervision of Dr. Roberto Casati. She received her PhD in 2007 with the mention of "Très Honorable Avec Félicitations " with a unanimous jury. In 2007 she joined the Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol, UK as the Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the CONTACT project funded by the AHRC under the ESF Eurocores Consciousness in Natural and Cultural Contexts (CNCC) scheme. She worked with Professor Susan Hurley and Dr. Finn Spicer in the CONTACT project. She participated in the CONTACT project till February 2010. She is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Michael Madary received his Ph.D. from Tulane University in 2007. He participated in the Consciousness in Interaction (CONTACT) research project at the University of Bristol with Susan Hurley and Finn Spicer as Principal Investigators from 2007 to 2009. He is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Tulane University Finn Spicer is a philosopher of mind, and epistemologist.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 177mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 714g
• ISBN-13: 9780199551118
• ISBN-10: 0199551111
• Artikelnr.: 30881035