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World/thinking: Questions about the reality of the world in comparison to perception and interpretation by the mind are central to philosophy. To what extent is objective knowledge or "objective" perception possible? Can thinking not only overcome the limitations of perception but also recognize them in the first place? See also perception, thinking, knowledge, cognition, objectivity, world, reality._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Peter Gärdenfors on World/Thinking - Dictionary of Arguments
I 8 World/Thinking/Translation/Gärdenfors: How can we talk about what we see: see Jackendoff (1987b, 2012) (1)(2) and Macnamara (1978)(3) for this. 1. Jackendoff, R. (1987b). On beyond zebra: The relation of linguistic and visual information. Cognition, 26, 80–114. 2. Jackendoff, R. (2012). Language as a source of evidence for theories of spatial representation. Perception, 41, 1128–1152. 3. Macnamara, J. (1978). How can we talk about what we see? Department of Psychology, McGill University._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Gä I P. Gärdenfors The Geometry of Meaning Cambridge 2014 |