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  • Perception, Learning and the Self

    Essays in the Philosophy of Psychology

    by D. W. Hamlyn ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1983, Perception, Learning and the Self is a collection of essays demonstrating the incompleteness of the information-processing model in cognitive psychology and the connection between epistemic factors and social conditions in the making of the self. It is suggested that any framework employed to view cognition must be an essentially social one, in which knowers are seen as ... Read more

    $67.32 CAD

  • Sensation and Perception

    A History of the Philosophy of Perception

    by D. W. Hamlyn ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1961, Sensation and Perception aims to cast light upon the nature of perception itself. This, the author believes, can be achieved only through an understanding of the concepts of sensation and perception. A survey of the principal attempts to arrive at such an understanding brings out the fact that perception has most often been assimilated to sensation or judgment. The author ... Read more

    $63.20 CAD

  • Experience and the growth of understanding (International Library of the Philosophy of Education Volume 11)

    by D.W. Hamlyn ...
    This volume examines some of the arguments that have been put forward over the years to explain the way in which understanding is acquired. The author looks firstly at the empricist thesis of genesis without structure, and secondly at the opposing theory, represented by Chomsky of structure without genesis. His greatest sympathy is with the theory of Piaget, who represents structure with genesis. ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • The Psychology of Perception

    A Philosophical Examination of Gestalt Theory and Derivative Theories of Perception

    by D. W. Hamlyn ...
    Series series Psychology Library Editions: Perception
    Originally published in 1957, the primary aim of this study was to shed light upon the logical character of the psychology of perception. D.W. Hamlyn begins by delimiting the field of psychological inquiry into perception, then gives a detailed account of the types of explanation appropriate in the field. He maintains that these explanations have certain important peculiarities which distinguish ... Read more

    $79.69 CAD

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  • Object Relations Theory

    by Richard J. Kosciekew ...
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  • The Natural Origin of Language

    The Structural Inter-Relation of Language, Visual Perception and Action

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  • Content and Consciousness

    by Daniel C. Dennett ...
    Series series International Library of Philosophy
    First published in 2002. In this pioneering book, Daniel Dennett sets out clearly what he believed constituted a genuine analysis of the mind. His work over the last twenty years and more, culminating in his major study, Consciousness Explained, has increased rather than diminished the power of his first book. This edition also includes the 1986 preface which places the book in the context of ... Read more

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  • Meaning and Relevance

    by Deirdre Wilson, Dan Sperber ...
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  • Emotions and Personhood

    Exploring Fragility - Making Sense of Vulnerability

    by Giovanni Stanghellini, René Rosfort ...
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  • Moral Perception

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    We can see a theft, hear a lie, and feel a stabbing. These are morally important perceptions. But are they also moral perceptions--distinctively moral responses? In this book, Robert Audi develops an original account of moral perceptions, shows how they figure in human experience, and argues that they provide moral knowledge. He offers a theory of perception as an informative representational ... Read more

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  • Thought and Language

    by J. M. Moravcsik ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Language
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