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dc.contributor.authorRaftopoulos, Athanassiosen
dc.creatorRaftopoulos, Athanassiosen
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-27T10:22:15Z
dc.date.available2017-07-27T10:22:15Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.identifier.urihttps://gnosis.library.ucy.ac.cy/handle/7/37614
dc.description.abstractFodor 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.sourceCognitive Scienceen
dc.source.urihttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0035740509&doi=10.1016%2fS0364-0213%2801%2900042-8&partnerID=40&md5=9448d51187d1f9a676739d8e1f95273e
dc.titleIs perception informationally encapsulated? The issue of the theory-ladenness of perceptionen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/S0364-0213(01)00042-8
dc.description.volume25
dc.description.issue3
dc.description.startingpage423
dc.description.endingpage451
dc.author.facultyΣχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / Faculty of Social Sciences and Education
dc.author.departmentΤμήμα Ψυχολογίας / Department of Psychology
dc.type.uhtypeArticleen
dc.description.notesCited By :46; Export Date: 20 July 2017en
dc.contributor.orcidRaftopoulos, Athanassios [0000-0002-6865-7127]
dc.gnosis.orcid0000-0002-6865-7127


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