What is the taste of water?

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This koan invites reflection on the nature of direct experience versus conceptual knowledge.

#PureExperience #ZenSimplicity #DirectPerception #EssentialElements

Anyone familiar with the idea that the #DorsalStream is #DirectPerception and the #VentralStream is #Constructivist ? Just came across a paper on it from 2002, and want to make sure it's not considered totally debunked before I read it. This is an area I've been trying to better understand lately

#PhilofMind #psychology #neuroscience #Gibson #EcologicalPsychology #constructivism #affordances

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12625088/

Two visual systems and two theories of perception: An attempt to reconcile the constructivist and ecological approaches - PubMed

The two contrasting theoretical approaches to visual perception, the constructivist and the ecological, are briefly presented and illustrated through their analyses of space and size perception. Earlier calls for their reconciliation and unification are reviewed. Neurophysiological, neuropsychologic …

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#introduction post! My name is Sonia Roberts (she/her) and I'm a postdoc at Northeastern developing #knit sensors for #soft, fully knitted #robots. My PhD work was on #legged robots running around in the desert (ever gone for a beach run?). I use my robots to test ideas about #affordances and #DirectPerception. I have also done some #SciencePolicy and #TechnologyPolicy #policy work around algorithmic transparency and regulating the use of mobile sentries by law enforcement.

Is anyone else thoroughly confused anytime anyone argues for Direct Perception? It always seems like they are actually arguing the exact opposite of what they are saying

#CogPsy #DirectPerception #Psychology #Philosophy #PhilofMind