
Spatial Representation
Problems in Philosophy and Psychology
Oxford University Press
Published on 25. March 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
422 pages
978-0-19-823887-4 (ISBN)
Description
Spatial Representation presents original, specially written essays by leading psychologists and philosophers on a fascinating set of topics at the intersection of these two disciplines. They address such questions as these: Do the extraordinary navigational abilities of birds mean that these birds have the same kind of grip on the idea of a spatial world as we do? Is there a difference between the way sighted and blind subjects represent the world 'out there'? Does the study of brain-injured subjects, such as 'blind seers', tell us anything about the working of normal spatial consciousness?
The essays are arranged into five sections, each of which reflects a central area of research into spatial cognition, and opens with a short introduction by the editors, designed to facilitate cross-disciplinary reading. The volume as a whole offers a rich and compelling expression of the view that to advance our understanding of the way we represent the external world it is necessary to draw on both philosophical and psychological approaches.
The essays are arranged into five sections, each of which reflects a central area of research into spatial cognition, and opens with a short introduction by the editors, designed to facilitate cross-disciplinary reading. The volume as a whole offers a rich and compelling expression of the view that to advance our understanding of the way we represent the external world it is necessary to draw on both philosophical and psychological approaches.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
652 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-823887-4 (9780198238874)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Naomi Eilan is Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Warwick; Rosaleen McCarthy is University Lecturer in Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge; Bill Brewer is Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at St Catherine's College, Oxford.
Editor
Research Fellow in PhilosophyResearch Fellow in Philosophy, University of Warwick
Lecturer in Experimental PsychologyLecturer in Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge
Fellow and Tutor in PhilosophyFellow and Tutor in Philosophy, St Catherine's College, Oxford
Content
I. FRAMES OF REFERENCE ; II. INTUITIVE PHYSICS ; III. SPATIAL REPRESENTATION IN THE SENSORY MODALITIES