Intrinsic Multiperspectivity: Conceptual Forms and the Functional Architecture of the Perceptual System

Mausfeld, Rainer

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“…a kind of perceptual scission into two simultaneous layers of perceptual 'interpretations' or simultaneous mental perspectives (cf. Mausfeld 2011). In an autonomous frame of reference, constraints pertaining to certain operators, transformations or entailment relations of S S S S can be liberalized or set mute.…”

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“…These computational principles furthermore include ones that pertain, e.g., to an evaluation metric, to the satisfaction of internal constraints, or to a more global coherence. The perceptual capacity for duplication also seems to have its basis in specific structural and computational properties of the system of conceptual forms (Mausfeld 2011).…”

Section: Explanatory Accounts Of Perception: Perception As a Triggerimentioning

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“…The human perceptual capacity for duplication, i.e. for employing simultaneous mental perspectives with respect to a given stimulus situation, appears to be based on the availability of I-epistemic evaluation functions that exploit specific structural and computational properties of the system of conceptual forms (Mausfeld 2011).…”

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The Attribute of Realness and the Internal Organization of Perceptual Reality

Mausfeld

2013

Handbook of Experimental Phenomenology

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The chapter deals with the notion of phenomenal realness, which was first systematically explored by Albert Michotte. Phenomenal realness refers to the impression that a perceptual object is perceived to have an autonomous existence in our mind-independent world. Perceptual psychology provides an abundance of phenomena, ranging from amodal completion to picture perception, that indicate that phenomenal realness is an independent perceptual attribute that can be conferred to perceptual objects in different degrees. The chapter outlines a theoretical framework that appears particularly well-suited for dealing with corresponding phenomena. According to this framework, perception can be understood as a triggering of conceptual forms by sensor inputs. It is argued that the attribute of phenomenal realness is based on specific types of internal evaluation functions which deal with the segregation of causes conceived as 'external' from those conceived as 'internal'. These evaluation functions integrate different internal sources of 'knowledge' about the potential causes for the activation of conceptual forms and provide markers by which conceptual forms can be tagged as 'external world objects'.'Reality', in our ordinary usage of the term, denotes the entirety of things that actually exist. By 'reality' we mean the mind-independent world in which we are situated, about which our senses inform us and with which we can interact. In our ordinary modes of thinking, we regard all those aspects of our world as belonging or referring to reality, for which we have no reasons to assume that they are merely the product of mental activities, such as imagination, hallucination, or fiction. When we feel or think that our contact with reality becomes endangered due to other activities of our mind, such as imagination, dreaming, telling lies (i.e. contravening facts of reality), 'reality' itself becomes an object of our attention. The ways we deal with such situations suggest that we are equipped with intricate means to distinguish mind-internal productions from what we regard as mind-independent aspects of our world. The investigation of these means is a subject matter of perceptual psychology and, more generally, cognitive science. Notions of 'reality' and 'realness' can, of course, appear in other contexts different from perception theory, notably in ordinary discourse, theoretical physics, and philosophy. Fortunately, however, the specific issues that show up in these other contexts have no bearing (or only in a highly indirect way) on issues of perceptual psychology. Theoretical issues of perception theory that can be subsumed under the heading of 'phenomenal realness' are more easily recognisable when we do not confuse them with issues associated with 'realness' in other domains.

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The Attribute of Realness and the Internal Organization of Perceptual Reality

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2013

Handbook of Experimental Phenomenology

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“…Rainer Mausfeld (2011; advocates experimental phenomenology in research on perception and draws attention to the importance of careful phenomenological descriptions in investigating fundamental principles of perception. Such descriptions should precede theoretical and experimental considerations, and "achievements must be not contaminated with physical or physiological considerations" (Mausfeld, 2013, p. 95).…”

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Empirical Aesthetics, Computational Cognitive Modeling, and Experimental Phenomenology: Methodological remarks on “Shaping and Co-Shaping Forms of Vitality in Music: Beyond Cognitivist and Emotivist Approaches to Musical Expressiveness” by Jin Hyun Kim

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2013

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The core ideas of the proposed framework for empirical aesthetics are interpreted as focusing on processes, interaction, and phenomenological experience. This commentary first touches on some methodological impediments to developing theories of processing and interaction, and emphasizes the necessity of computational cognitive modeling using robots to test the empirical adequacy of such theories. Further, the importance of developing and integrating phenomenological methods into current experimental research is stressed, using experimental phenomenology as reference. Situated cognition, affective computing, human-robot interaction research, computational cognitive modeling and social and cultural neuroscience are noted as providing relevant insight into the empirical adequacy of current theories of cognitive and emotional processing. In the near future these fields will have a stimulating impact on empirical aesthetics and research on music and the mind.

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“…These regressions in theoretical understanding seem to be predominantly due to the detrimental influences of tacit commonsense conceptions with respect to perception (cf. Mausfeld, 2011) as well as with respect to core methodological principles of the natural sciences (cf. Mausfeld, 2012).…”

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Notions such as “truth” or “correspondence to the objective world” play no role in explanatory accounts of perception

Mausfeld

2015

Psychon Bull Rev

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Hoffman, Singh, and Prakash (Psychonomic Review and Bulletin, 2015, in press) intend to show that perceptions are evolutionarily tuned to fitness rather than to truth. I argue, partly in accordance with their objective, that issues of 'truth' or 'veridicality' have no place in explanatory accounts of perception theory, and rather belong to either ordinary discourse or to philosophy. I regard, however, their general presumption that the evolutionary development of core achievements of the human perceptual system would be primarily determined by aspects of fitness and adaption as unwarranted in light of the evidence available.

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Intrinsic Multiperspectivity: Conceptual Forms and the Functional Architecture of the Perceptual System

Cited by 10 publications

References 30 publications

The Attribute of Realness and the Internal Organization of Perceptual Reality

The Attribute of Realness and the Internal Organization of Perceptual Reality

Empirical Aesthetics, Computational Cognitive Modeling, and Experimental Phenomenology: Methodological remarks on “Shaping and Co-Shaping Forms of Vitality in Music: Beyond Cognitivist and Emotivist Approaches to Musical Expressiveness” by Jin Hyun Kim

Notions such as “truth” or “correspondence to the objective world” play no role in explanatory accounts of perception

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