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Author:   Gary Hatfield (University of Pennsylvania)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.973kg
ISBN:  

9780199228201

ISBN 10:   0199228205
Pages:   548
Publication Date:   26 February 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Introduction: Philosophy and Science of Visual Perception and Cognition Note on the Concept of Information in Perception Part I. Foundational and Theoretical Issues in Perception and Cognition 2: Representation and Content in Some (Actual) Theories of Perception 3: Representation in Perception and Cognition: Task Analysis, Psychological Functions, and Rule Instantiation 4: Perception as Unconscious Inference 5: Representation and Constraints: The Inverse Problem and the Structure of Visual Space 6: On Perceptual Constancy 7: Getting Objects for Free (or Not): The Philosophy and Psychology of Object Perception Part II. Color Perception and Qualia Introduction 8: Color Perception and Neural Encoding: Does Matameric Matching Entail a Loss of Information? 9: Objectivity and Subjectivity Revisited: Color as a Psychobiological Property 10: Sense-Data and the Mind-Body Problem 11: The Reality of Qualia Part III. History and Philosophy of Perceptual and Cognitive Psychology Introduction 12: The Sensory Core and the Medieval Foundations of Early Modern Perceptual Theory. Postscript (2008) on Ibn al-Haytham's (Alhacen's) Theory of Vision 13: Attention in Early Scientific Psychology 14: Psychology, Philosophy, and Cognitive Science: Reflections on the History and Philosophy of Experimental Psychology 15: What Can the Mind Tell Us About the Brain? Psychology, Neurophysiology, and Constraint 16: Introspective Evidence in Psychology

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Trained both in philosophy and experimental psychology (mainly vision research) Hatfield is equally at home in both disciplines and brings an unusually well-grounded approach to the many foundational issues discussed... Hatfield's coverage of much of the mainstream literature and its historical antecedents is impressive... this book provides a rich and essential source of study. Max Velmans, Journal of Consciousness Studies Gary Hatfield's training in experimental psychology, history of science, and philosophy is on full and magnificent display in the sixteen essays collected in this volume. Lawrence Shapiro, Mind

Trained both in philosophy and experimental psychology (mainly vision research) Hatfield is equally at home in both disciplines and brings an unusually well-grounded approach to the many foundational issues discussed... Hatfield's coverage of much of the mainstream literature and its historical antecedents is impressive... this book provides a rich and essential source of study. Max Velmans, Journal of Consciousness Studies

Laudably, Hatfield's work incorporates abundant experimental and theoretical details from scientific psychology. He excels at bringing those details into contact with abstract philosphical questions, Few philosophers attempt such a fine-grained interface with mainstream vision science. Michael Rescorla. The Philosophical Quarterly Trained both in philosophy and experimental psychology (mainly vision research) Hatfield is equally at home in both disciplines and brings an unusually well-grounded approach to the many foundational issues discussed... Hatfield's coverage of much of the mainstream literature and its historical antecedents is impressive... this book provides a rich and essential source of study. Max Velmans, Journal of Consciousness Studies Gary Hatfield's training in experimental psychology, history of science, and philosophy is on full and magnificent display in the sixteen essays collected in this volume. Lawrence Shapiro, Mind

Author Information

Gary Hatfield has studied visual perception for more than three decades. His works include experimental studies of shape constancy, theoretical papers on perception, and philosophical studies of the fundamental concepts and theories of visual perception and cognition and their history. His work in the history and philosophy of psychology extends from the seventeenth century to current controversies on qualia and perceptual representation. He has published books on Descartes and the Meditations and The Natural and the Normative: Theories of Spatial Perception from Kant to Helmholtz, and he has translated Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics. He is the co-founder of the Visual Studies undergraduate program at the University of Pennsylvania and has co-taught, with psychologists and art historians, courses and seminars on all aspects of visual perception.

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