Does anyone know what posts like this are about? On Thursday, 9 October 2014 09:09:52 UTC+1, uta wrote: > > Sent from my BlackBerry® > powered by Sinyal Kuat INDOSAT > ------------------------------ > *From: * [email protected] > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Sat, 04 Oct 2014 03:15:18 +0000 > *To: *Digest recipients<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] > *Subject: *Mind's Eye Digest for [email protected] - 2 updates > in 1 topic > > [email protected] > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!forum/minds-eye/topics> > Google > Groups > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > > Topic digest > View all topics > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!forum/minds-eye/topics> > > > - Perception as action > > <#554196192-1412686989-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-204670588-@b13.c2.bise3.blackberry_group_thread_0> > > - 2 Updates > > Perception as action > <http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye/t/a6e6dd925f12db57?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > archytas <[email protected]>: Oct 03 07:34AM -0700 > > Enactive theories of imagery may be seen as modern successors to the > *motor > theories* of the early twentieth century. They depend the idea that > *perception* is not mere passive receptivity (or even receptivity plus > inner processing), but a form of action, something *done* by the organism. > The literature is legion. The perceiving organism is not merely > registering but exploring and *asking questions* of its environment, > actively and intentionally (though not necessarily with conscious > volition) > seeking out the answers in the sensory stimuli that surround it. Imagery > is > then experienced when someone persists in acting out the seeking of some > particular information even though they cannot reasonably expect it to be > there. We have imagery of, say, a cat, when we go through (some of) the > motions of looking at something and determining that it is a cat, even > though there is no cat (and perhaps nothing relevant at all) there to be > seen. Visually imagining a cat is seeing nothing-in-particular *as* a cat. > > I'd have a bet that Facil could sketch my cat, a fluffy black and white > ball of haughty 'evil' with claws and purring schemer leading me and two > dogs a merry dance of Salome to get a midnight feast share. > archytas <[email protected]>: Oct 03 05:33PM -0700 > > This photograph looks rather mundane. It has been widely posted under the > title 'Why America is not prepared for an ebola outbreak'. The rolled up > sleeves on the hasmat suit being the cue. > > On Friday, 3 October 2014 15:34:28 UTC+1, archytas wrote: > Back to top > <#554196192-1412686989-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-204670588-@b13.c2.bise3.blackberry_digest_top> > > You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this > group. You can change your settings on the group membership page > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!forum/minds-eye/join> > . > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an > email to [email protected]. >
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