Perceptual Organization
Title | Perceptual Organization PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Kubovy |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 756 |
Release | 2017-03-31 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 1315512351 |
Originally published in 1981, perceptual organization had been synonymous with Gestalt psychology, and Gestalt psychology had fallen into disrepute. In the heyday of Behaviorism, the few cognitive psychologists of the time pursued Gestalt phenomena. But in 1981, Cognitive Psychology was married to Information Processing. (Some would say that it was a marriage of convenience.) After the wedding, Cognitive Psychology had come to look like a theoretically wrinkled Behaviorism; very few of the mainstream topics of Cognitive Psychology made explicit contact with Gestalt phenomena. In the background, Cognition's first love – Gestalt – was pining to regain favor. The cognitive psychologists' desire for a phenomenological and intellectual interaction with Gestalt psychology did not manifest itself in their publications, but it did surface often enough at the Psychonomic Society meeting in 1976 for them to remark upon it in one of their conversations. This book, then, is the product of the editors’ curiosity about the status of ideas at the time, first proposed by Gestalt psychologists. For two days in November 1977, they held an exhilarating symposium that was attended by some 20 people, not all of whom are represented in this volume. At the end of our symposium it was agreed that they would try, in contributions to this volume, to convey the speculative and metatheoretical ground of their research in addition to the solid data and carefully wrought theories that are the figure of their research.
Concepts and Mechanisms of Perception
Title | Concepts and Mechanisms of Perception PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Langton Gregory |
Publisher | London : Duckworth |
Pages | 720 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN |
Proceedings of the Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science 1964/1966
Title | Proceedings of the Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science 1964/1966 PDF eBook |
Author | Robert S. Cohen |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 539 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9401035083 |
This third volume of Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science contains papers which are based upon Colloquia from 1964 to 1966. In most cases, they have been substantially modified subsequent to presentation and discussion. Once again we publish work which goes beyond technical analysis of scientific theories and explanations in order to include philo sophical reflections upon the history of science and also upon the still problematic interactions between metaphysics and science. The philo sophical history of scientific ideas has increasingly been recognized as part of the philosophy of science, and likewise the cultural context of the genesis of such ideas. There is no school or attitude to be taken as de fining the scope or criteria of our Colloquium, and so we seek to under stand both analytic and historical aspects of science. This volume, as the previous two, constitutes a substantial part of our final report to the U. S. National Science Foundation, which has continued its support of the Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science by a grant to Boston University. That report will be concluded by a subse quent volume of these Studies. It is a pleasure to record our thanks to the Foundation for its confidence and funds. We dedicate this book to the memory of Norwood Russell Hanson. During this academic year of 1966-67, this beloved and distinguished American philosopher participated in our Colloquium, and he did so before.
Theories of Perception and the Concept of Structure
Title | Theories of Perception and the Concept of Structure PDF eBook |
Author | Floyd Henry Allport |
Publisher | |
Pages | 744 |
Release | 1955 |
Genre | Perception |
ISBN |
Perception
Title | Perception PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Rookes |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 2005-06-20 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 1134655231 |
Paul Rookes and Jane Willson explain perception and perceptual processes in a way that almost anyone can understand. The study of perception, or how the brain processes information from the senses , has fascinated psychologists and philosophers for a long time. Perception takes the key research areas and presents the arguments and findings in a clear, concise form, enabling the reader to have a quick working knowledge of the area. This clear and informative text discusses sensation and perception then looks at theories and explanations of perception. The way visual perception is structured is examined, followed by an analysis of the development of perceptual processes. The authors then consider individual social and cultural variations in perceptual organisation. Perception will be particularly useful to students new to higher-level study. With its helpful textbook features to assist in examination and learning techniques, it should interest all introductory psychology students.
An Introduction to the Theory of Perception
Title | An Introduction to the Theory of Perception PDF eBook |
Author | Sir John Herbert Parsons |
Publisher | CUP Archive |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 1927 |
Genre | Instinct |
ISBN |
Russell's Theory of Perception
Title | Russell's Theory of Perception PDF eBook |
Author | Sajahan Miah |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2006-05-30 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1847142842 |
In Russell's Theory of Perception, Sajahan Miah re-examines and evaluates the development of Russell's concept of perception and the relation of perception to our knowledge of the external world. With the introduction of logical construction (in which physical objects are constructed from actual and possible sense-data) Russell's theory of perception seems to become a causal theory with phenomenalist overtones. The book argues that there is a consistency of purpose and direction which motivated Russell to introduce logical construction. The purpose was to strike a compromise between his empiricism and his realism and to establish a bridge between the objects of perception and the objects of physics and common sense.