Spatial Representation: Problems in Philosophy and Psychology - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0631183558 ISBN 13 : 9780631183556

Editeur : Blackwell Publishers, 1993

Synopsis

Do the extraordinary navigational abilities of birds mean that these birds have the same kind of grip on the idea of a spatial world as we do? Is there a difference between the way sighted and blind subjects represent the world "out there"? Does the study of brain-injured subjects, such as "blind seers", tell us anything about the workings of normal spatial consciousness? This book brings together original papers by leading philosophers and psychologists working on questions in spatial representation. A central unifying theme is that progress with understanding the way we represent the external world requires drawing on the resources of both philosophical and psychological approaches to these issues. The papers are arranged by topics into five sections, each of which reflects a central area of research into spatial cognition. The five sections are: Frames of Reference; Intuitive Physics; Spatial Representation in the Modalities; Spatial Action; "What" and "Where". The book also contains a general introduction and five short introductory essays by the editors, designed to facilitate cross-disciplinary reading of the papers.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Spatial Representation presents original, specially written essays by leading psychologists and philosophers on a fascinating set of topics at the intersection of these two disciplines. They address such questions as these: Do the extraordinary navigational abilities of birds mean that these birds have the same kind of grip on the idea of a spatial world as we do? Is there a difference between the way sighted and blind subjects represent the world 'out there'? Does the study of brain-injured subjects, such as 'blind seers', tell us anything about the working of normal spatial consciousness? The essays are arranged into five sections, each of which reflects a central area of research into spatial cognition, and opens with a short introduction by the editors, designed to facilitate cross-disciplinary reading. The volume as a whole offers a rich and compelling expression of the view that to advance our understanding of the way we represent the external world it is necessary to draw on both philosophical and psychological approaches.

Biographie de l'auteur

Naomi Eilan is Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Warwick; Rosaleen McCarthy is University Lecturer in Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge; Bill Brewer is Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at St Catherine's College, Oxford.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blackwell Publishers
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0631183558
• ISBN 13: 9780631183556
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 528
• Éditeur: Eilan Naomi, Brewer Bill, McCarthy Rosaleen
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible