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Framing Visual Perception In Terms Of Sensorimotor Mapping, Silvano Zipoli Caiani
Framing Visual Perception In Terms Of Sensorimotor Mapping, Silvano Zipoli Caiani
Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic and Communication
Two contrasting theories, or variants of them, are predominant in the current debate on visual cognition. The standard inferential theory sees perception as a process involving the role of memory, past experiences and semantic abilities, whereas the direct theory sees perception as a connection between the perceiver and the environment that does not recruit internal information processing. In particular, the direct theory has recently been invoked because it would be able to explain the sensorimotor coupling of perception and action in humans and animals without relying on controversial notions such as those of conceptualization and propositional information. This paper aims …