The Perception-Action Model: Counting Computational Mechanisms
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The Perception-Action Model : Counting Computational Mechanisms. / Grünbaum, Thor.
In: Mind & Language, Vol. 32, No. 4, 09.2017, p. 416-445.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The Perception-Action Model
T2 - Counting Computational Mechanisms
AU - Grünbaum, Thor
PY - 2017/9
Y1 - 2017/9
N2 - Milner and Goodale’s Two Visual Systems Hypothesis (TVSH) is regarded as common ground in recent discussions of visual consciousness. A central part of TVSH is a functional model of vision and action (a functional perception-action model, PAM for short). In this paper, I provide a brief overview of these current discussions and argue that PAM is ambiguous between a strong and a weak version. I argue that, given a standard way of individuating computational mechanisms, the available evidence cannot be used to distinguish between these versions. This not only has consequences for philosophical theories of the role of visual consciousness but also has implications for the role of experimental evidence in model testing in cognitive neuroscience.
AB - Milner and Goodale’s Two Visual Systems Hypothesis (TVSH) is regarded as common ground in recent discussions of visual consciousness. A central part of TVSH is a functional model of vision and action (a functional perception-action model, PAM for short). In this paper, I provide a brief overview of these current discussions and argue that PAM is ambiguous between a strong and a weak version. I argue that, given a standard way of individuating computational mechanisms, the available evidence cannot be used to distinguish between these versions. This not only has consequences for philosophical theories of the role of visual consciousness but also has implications for the role of experimental evidence in model testing in cognitive neuroscience.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Two-Visual-Stream Hypothesis
KW - computational mechanisms
KW - representational formats
KW - philosophy of science
KW - model testing in cognitive neuroscience
U2 - 10.1111/mila.12147
DO - 10.1111/mila.12147
M3 - Journal article
VL - 32
SP - 416
EP - 445
JO - Mind and Language
JF - Mind and Language
SN - 0268-1064
IS - 4
ER -
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