Unfolding perceptual continua / edited by Liliana Albertazzi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Albertazzi, Liliana.

Series:

Advances in consciousness research ; v. 41.

Advances in consciousness research, 1381-589X ; v. 41

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perception (Philosophy).

Continuity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub., c2002.

Summary:

The book analyses the differences between the mathematical interpretation and the phenomenological intuition of the continuum. The basic idea is that the continuity of the experience of space and time originates in phenomenic movement. The problem of consciousness and of the spaces of representation is related to the primary processes of perception. Conceived as an interplay between cognitive science, linguistics and philosophy, the book presents a conceptual framework based on a dynamic and experimental approach to the problem of the continuum. Besides presenting the primitives of a theory of cognitive space and time, it present a theory of the observer, analyzing the relationship among perspective, points of view and unity of consciousness. The book's chapters deal with the dynamic elaboration and recognition of forms from the lower to the higher processes in the various perceptual fields. Experimental analysis from visual, auditory and tactile perception outline the basic structures of intentionality and its counterpart in language and gesture. (Series B).

Contents:

Unfolding Perceptual Continua

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Continua

Chapter 1: Towards a neo-Aristotelian theory of continua

Chapter 2: The edges of images

Chapter 3: Continua in vision

Chapter 4: Visual forms in space-time

Chapter 5: Tactile object perception and the perceptual stream

Chapter 6: Continuum of haptic space

Chapter 7: Touch and the observer's vantage point

Chapter 8: 'Berkeley's touch'

Chapter 9: Breaking of continuity in the auditory field

Chapter 10: The limits of continuity

Chapter 11: The iconic mapping of space and time in signed languages

Name index

Subject index

Advances In Consciousness Research.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612162237

9781282162235

1282162233

9789027297853

9027297851

OCLC:

70767816