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- Title
THE REFLEXIVE THEORY OF PERCEPTION.
- Authors
Dilworth, John
- Abstract
The Reflexive Theory of Perception (RTP) claims that perception of an object or property X by an organism Z consists in Z being caused by X to acquire some disposition D toward X itself. This broadly behavioral perceptual theory explains perceptual intentionality and correct versus incorrect, plus successful versus unsuccessful, perception in a plausible evolutionary framework. The theory also undermines cognitive and perceptual modularity assumptions, including informational or purely epistemic views of perception in that, according to the RTP, any X-caused and X-directed dispositions are genuinely perceptual--including affective, attitudinal, and immediately activated purely action-directed behavioral dispositions. Thus the RTP has the potential to provide the foundations for a broadly behavioral counter-revolution in cognitive science.
- Subjects
THEORY; SENSORY perception; DISPOSITION (Philosophy); COGNITIVE science; BEHAVIOR
- Publication
Behavior & Philosophy, 2005, Vol 33, p17
- ISSN
1053-8348
- Publication type
Article