The Attentional Shaping of Perceptual Experience, 1st ed. 2020 An Investigation into Attention and Cognitive Penetrability Studies in Brain and Mind Series, Vol. 16
Auteur : Marchi Francesco
This monograph presents a clear account of when and how attentional processes can shape perceptual experience. This argument is based on the prediction-error minimization model of the mind. The author believes that the topic of attention should take a more central role in the debate about the influence of cognition on perception. Inside, he shows how this can be possible.
The hypothesis that cognition may shape perceptual experience has been traditionally labeled as the cognitive penetrability of perceptual experience. Cognitive penetrability is relevant for several debates in philosophy and cognitive science. It tackles the possibility of gathering genuine knowledge on the basis of perceptual information about the world delivered by sensory channels. The problem, the author notes, is that if our previously acquired belief can shape current perceptual experiences, such experiences cannot serve as an adequate source of justification in retaining those beliefs or even forming new ones. He argues that cognitive penetration may sometimes happen through attentional processes, but that its occurrence need not undermine perceptual justification.
The book provides an overview of the cognitive penetrability debate. The author discusses evidence that supports the occurrence of this phenomenon. Overall, this investigation offers readers a philosophical discussion of attention based on the biased-competition theory. It argues that attention is a property of mental representations that emerges from a metacognitive competition process.
Offers an action-based criterion to ground a graded distinction between perception and cognition in the mental processing hierarchy
Provides a philosophical discussion of attention based on the biased-competition theory
Presents a clear account of when and how attentional processes can shape perceptual experience based on the prediction-error minimization model of the mind
Date de parution : 01-2021
Ouvrage de 157 p.
15.5x23.5 cm
Date de parution : 01-2020
Ouvrage de 157 p.
15.5x23.5 cm
Thème de The Attentional Shaping of Perceptual Experience :
Mots-clés :
Attention biased competition; Cognitive Penetration; Distinction Perception Cognition; Interaction Perception Cognition; Predictive coding; Prediction-Error Minimization; Theories of Attention; Attention and the Shaping of Experience; Cognitive Processing Hierarchy; Cognitive Penetrability of Perceptual Experience; Theory of Attention; How Attentional Cognitive Penetration Works; Expectations and Predictions as a Model of Cognition; Predictive Model of Attentional Cognitive Penetration; prediction-error minim
