UNSPECIFIED (2001) Perception and action: Alternative views. In: Cognitive Science Conference on Perception, MAY, 1999, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM.

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Abstract

A traditional view of perception and action makes two assumptions: that the causal flow between perception and action is primarily linear or one-way, and that they are merely instrumentally related to each other, so that each is a means to the other. Either or both of these assumptions can be rejected. Behaviorism rejects the instrumental but not the one-way aspect of the traditional view, thus leaving itself open to charges of verificationism. Ecological views reject the one-way aspect but not the instrumental aspect of the traditional view, so that perception and action are seen as instrumentally interdependent. It is argued here that a better alternative is to reject both assumptions, resulting in a two-level interdependence view in which perception and action co-depend on dynamically circular subpersonal relations and as a result may be more than merely instrumentally interdependent. This is illustrated by reference to motor theories of perception and control theories of action.

Item Type:	Conference Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Subjects:	Q Science
Journal or Publication Title:	SYNTHESE
Publisher:	KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL
ISSN:	0039-7857
Date:	October 2001
Volume:	129
Number:	1
Number of Pages:	38
Page Range:	pp. 3-40
Publication Status:	Published
Title of Event:	Cognitive Science Conference on Perception
Location of Event:	BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
Date(s) of Event:	MAY, 1999
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/11591

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