dc.contributor.author | Raftopoulos, Athanassios | en |
dc.creator | Raftopoulos, Athanassios | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-07-27T10:22:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-07-27T10:22:15Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2001 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://gnosis.library.ucy.ac.cy/handle/7/37614 | |
dc.description.abstract | Fodor has argued that observation is theory neutral, since the perceptual systems are modular, that is, they are domain-specific, encapsulated, mandatory, fast, hard-wired in the organism, and have a fixed neural architecture. Churchland attacks the theoretical neutrality of observation on the grounds that (a) the abundant top-down pathways in the brain suggest the cognitive penetration of perception and (b) perceptual learning can change in the wiring of the perceptual systems. In this paper I introduce a distinction between sensation, perception, and observation and I argue that although Churchland is right that observation involves top-down processes, there is also a substantial amount of information in perception which is theory-neutral. I argue that perceptual learning does not threaten the cognitive impenetrability of perception, and that the neuropsychological research does not provide evidence in favor of the top-down character of perception. Finally, I discuss the possibility of an off-line cognitive penetrability of perception. © 2001 Cognitive Science Society, Inc. All rights reserved. | en |
dc.source | Cognitive Science | en |
dc.source.uri | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0035740509&doi=10.1016%2fS0364-0213%2801%2900042-8&partnerID=40&md5=9448d51187d1f9a676739d8e1f95273e | |
dc.title | Is perception informationally encapsulated? The issue of the theory-ladenness of perception | en |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/S0364-0213(01)00042-8 | |
dc.description.volume | 25 | |
dc.description.issue | 3 | |
dc.description.startingpage | 423 | |
dc.description.endingpage | 451 | |
dc.author.faculty | Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / Faculty of Social Sciences and Education | |
dc.author.department | Τμήμα Ψυχολογίας / Department of Psychology | |
dc.type.uhtype | Article | en |
dc.description.notes | Cited By :46; Export Date: 20 July 2017 | en |
dc.contributor.orcid | Raftopoulos, Athanassios [0000-0002-6865-7127] | |
dc.gnosis.orcid | 0000-0002-6865-7127 | |