THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ENCAPSULATION OF VISUAL PERCEPTION FOR PHILOSOPHY OF MIND AND AESTHETIC ANALYSIS
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ENCAPSULATION OF VISUAL PERCEPTION FOR PHILOSOPHY OF MIND AND AESTHETIC ANALYSIS
Author(s): Vladimir J. KonečniSubject(s): Epistemology, Aesthetics, Contemporary Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Psychology
Published by: Filozofsko društvo Srbije
Keywords: Perception; "Top-down" effects; Encapsulation of perception; "Top-down" cognitive effects on perception; Philosophy of mind; Philosophical aesthetics; Psychological aesthetics;
Summary/Abstract: This Opinion Article highlights three sets of important implications of the very recent work by C. Firestone and B. Scholl on the encapsulation of visual perception: (a) methodological implications, especially with regard to experimental areas of cognitive science, such as cognitive social psychology; (h) implications of interest to philosophers of mind, some of whose more extravagant recent claims have been based on the assumption of "top-down" cognitive effects on perception; and (c) implications that challenge some recent work in philosophical and psychological aesthetics regarding art expertise, as well as defend the logic of A. Danto's theorizing from attacks that are based on the assumption of "top-down- cognitive effects.
Journal: Theoria
- Issue Year: 59/2016
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 89-92
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English