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"Perception is not something that happens to us, or in us," writes Alva No?. "It is something we do." In Action in Perception, No? argues that perception and perceptual consciousness depend on capacities for action and thought -- that perception is a kind of thoughtful activity. Touch, not vision, should be our model for perception. Perception is not a process in the brain, but a kind of skillful activity of the body as a whole. We enact our perceptual experience.To perceive, according to this enactive approach to perception, is not merely to have sensations; it is to have sensations that we understand. In Action in Perception, No? investigates the forms this understanding can take. He begins by arguing, on both phenomenological and empirical grounds, that the content of perception is not like the content of a picture; the world is not given to consciousness all at once but is gained gradually by active inquiry and exploration. No? then argues that perceptual experience acquires co

Who reads Action in Perception (Representation and Mind series)?

Author

Alva Noë

Publisher

The MIT Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780262640633

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Psychology, Medical, Fiction

Rating

3.79 / 5 (154 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14