Studies in Applied Philosophy Epistemol Contemporary Sensorimotor Theory Book 15 (Paperback)

This book analyzes the philosophical foundations of sensorimotor theory and discusses the most recent applications of sensorimotor theory to human computer interaction child s play virtual reality robotics and linguistics. Why does a circle look curved and not angular? Why does red not sound like a bell? Why as I interact with the world is there something it is like to be me? An analytic philosopher might suggest: ``if we ponder the concept of circle we find that it is the essence of a circle to be round . However where does this definition come from? Was it set in stone by the Gods in other words by divine arbiters of circleness redness and consciousness? Particularly with regard to visual consciousness a first attempt to explain why our conscious experience of the world appears as it does has been attributed to Kevin O Regan and Alva Noe who published their sensorimotor account of vision and visual consciousness in 2001. Starting with a chapter by Kevin O Regan Contemporary Sensorimotor Theory continues by presenting fifteen additional essays on as many developments achieved in recent years in this field. It provides readers with a critical review of the sensorimotor theory and in so doing introduces them to a radically new enactive approach in cognitive science.