Spatial representation : problems in philosophy and psychology
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Spatial representation : problems in philosophy and psychology
Oxford University Press, 1999
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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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.
Table of Contents
- I. FRAMES OF REFERENCE
- II. INTUITIVE PHYSICS
- III. SPATIAL REPRESENTATION IN THE SENSORY MODALITIES
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