tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483944200593561804.post7019510755079988098..comments2023-12-20T19:30:28.788-05:00Comments on Fixing Psychology: Beyond the Brain: IntroEric Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17412168482569793996noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483944200593561804.post-72218923103997528912011-10-12T02:17:46.824-04:002011-10-12T02:17:46.824-04:00The fact of embodiment is one thing. The ecologica...The fact of embodiment is one thing. The ecological account of embodiment is another. Andy Clark keeps the latter fairly separate from the former, for instance. <br /><br />So what I liked was Barrett making embodiment, not computation, important, and then following up with the two basic ways of talking about perception that psychology has mustered. She's already laid the ground work for Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16732977871048876430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483944200593561804.post-19838036830479644642011-10-11T22:38:43.692-04:002011-10-11T22:38:43.692-04:00Andrew,
I agree with you that it seems to follow v...Andrew,<br />I agree with you that it seems to follow very naturally. But doesn't that strike you as even a touch odd? Why would you say that the contrast felt like it made Gibson gel better? And, especially, why would you say that right after you admitted being amazed how well the embodied stuff sells without the contrast?Eric Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17412168482569793996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483944200593561804.post-75585994866326510292011-10-11T16:37:28.725-04:002011-10-11T16:37:28.725-04:00Actually I thought it followed on from what had co...Actually I thought it followed on from what had come before very nicely. I take your point about the Marr stuff but I thought the contrast made Gibson gel even better with the approach she's set up in the earlier chapters. I hope readers might look at the Marr stuff and go 'really? people thought that, when Portia spiders do all that crazy shit?'Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16732977871048876430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483944200593561804.post-8263083547969965872011-10-11T10:53:00.540-04:002011-10-11T10:53:00.540-04:00Andrew,
Lets see if I can help with that. The lat...Andrew, <br />Lets see if I can help with that. The latest point is all about Chapter 6. I agree that it covers a lot of important ground, but didn't it seem to lack some of that <i>uncontroversial</i> straightforwardness that happened when Barrett was talking about embodied cognition in spiders?Eric Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17412168482569793996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483944200593561804.post-30291670095472805302011-10-11T04:19:06.999-04:002011-10-11T04:19:06.999-04:00I'm up to Chapter 7 after only a couple of day...I'm up to Chapter 7 after only a couple of days; it's really good, really well written and a great contribution to the literature. It's amazing how uncontroversial embodied cognition seems when you're talking about spiders rather than humans; that, in and of itself, makes this an excellent book to direct people to if they can't see why you'd be interested in this sort of Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16732977871048876430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483944200593561804.post-91843163151437724612011-09-19T04:01:17.163-04:002011-09-19T04:01:17.163-04:00This book is on my list to read; Tony pointed us i...This book is on my list to read; Tony pointed us in her direction for another project and Sabrina and I were both pretty impressed with what we saw. We emailed her out of the blue, she seems friendly :) You should just give her a heads up.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16732977871048876430noreply@blogger.com