tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483944200593561804.post8952459379363092690..comments2023-12-20T19:30:28.788-05:00Comments on Fixing Psychology: What are Concepts? (Part 1)Eric Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17412168482569793996noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483944200593561804.post-76354738840800250972011-08-27T10:58:38.610-04:002011-08-27T10:58:38.610-04:00Eric -
Tnx for the replies. I'm a little slow...Eric -<br /><br />Tnx for the replies. I'm a little slow responding because of HDMI problems (hurricane damage mitigation initiatives). (:>)<br /><br />re DD: that's what I would have guessed. I had the good fortune (IMO, anyway) early in my foray into philosophy of stumbling upon Rorty, and thru him Sellars and DD (et al, incl Wittgenstein) and have found them very helpful in trying Charles T. Wolvertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12309746685166449683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483944200593561804.post-63243331918074438702011-08-25T15:21:13.022-04:002011-08-25T15:21:13.022-04:00Charles,
Easy parts first...
"Loosely related...Charles,<br />Easy parts first...<br />"Loosely related question": No, most cognitive psychologists would not have been exposed to Donald Davidson. Of course, I would feel comfortable claiming that here are no philosophers to whom most formally educated cog-psych people would have been exposed (Jerry Fordor and Daniel Dennett are widely read, but still 'most' would be generous).Eric Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17412168482569793996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483944200593561804.post-30834384139365220032011-08-25T14:16:20.005-04:002011-08-25T14:16:20.005-04:00The most basic unit of experience is the complex w...<i>The most basic unit of experience is the complex world in which we find ourselves</i><br /><br />As an example of James-style composite percepts, wouldn't it be more instructive to start with the world as seen by babies rather than as seen by trained psychologists? In "Scientists in the Crib" (which I'm now reading) they claim that babies initially show the most interest in Charles T. Wolvertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12309746685166449683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483944200593561804.post-52253632841390221192011-08-23T17:55:54.694-04:002011-08-23T17:55:54.694-04:00Sabrina,
Psychologists' willingness to dismiss...Sabrina,<br />Psychologists' willingness to dismiss the environmental support of psychological processes is always fascinating. It is often very difficult to investigate, or even talk about as you point out, and so I understand why people don't want to do the work. But it is another problem entirely when they don't even see that there is work to be done. <br /><br /><br />P.S. Oh thatEric Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17412168482569793996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483944200593561804.post-70503706767390673992011-08-23T08:34:54.787-04:002011-08-23T08:34:54.787-04:00Titchener apparently used to show people a chair a...Titchener apparently used to show people a chair and ask them what they saw, then yell at them until they told him about the primitive features he thought were the basis of perception :)Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16732977871048876430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483944200593561804.post-28546604059876072472011-08-23T05:28:23.264-04:002011-08-23T05:28:23.264-04:00"Any study of the history of art, or of the d..."Any study of the history of art, or of the development of artistic abilities within an individual, would instantly evidence that the ability to see the world as composed of basic elements, and especially to see it as 'in perspective', is a sophisticated skill. There would not be a thriving market for art books that show us the world broken up into basic shapes if everyone already Sabrina Golonkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10484205507927422316noreply@blogger.com