Perception, Learning and the Self - Essays in the Philosophy of Psychology

First published in 1983, Perception, Learning and the Self is a collection of essays demonstrating the incompleteness of the information-processing model in cognitive psychology and the connection between epistemic factors and social conditions in the making of the self.

List of contents

Preface and acknowledgements Introduction 1. Unconscious inference and judgment in perception 2. The concept of information in Gibson's theory of perception 3. Perception and agency 4. Perception, information, and attention 5. The logical and psychological aspects of learning 6. Conditioning and behaviour 7. Epistemology and conceptual development 8. Human learning 9. The concept of development 10. What exactly is social about the origins of understanding? 11. Unconscious intentions 12. Self-deception 13. Person-perception and our understanding of others 14. Self-knowledge 15. The phenomena of love and hate 16. Learning to love Epilogue Index

Summary

First published in 1983, Perception, Learning and the Self is a collection of essays demonstrating the incompleteness of the information-processing model in cognitive psychology and the connection between epistemic factors and social conditions in the making of the self.

Product details

• Authors: D. W. Hamlyn, Hamlyn D. W.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2024
• EAN: 9781032321806
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3232180-6
• No. of pages: 324
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Psychology, PHILOSOPHY / Essays, PHILOSOPHY / Criticism, PSYCHOLOGY / Essays