01408nam a2200277Ia 4500 TVU_11593 210423s9999 xx 000 0 und d 0199204284 9780199204281 eng 152.1 M697 Matthen, Mohan Seeing, doing, and knowing a philosophical theory of sense perception Mohan Matthen Oxford,New York Oxford University Press 2007 xxii, 362 p. ill. 24 cm Sensory systems are automatic sorting machines; they engage in a process of classification. Human vision sorts and orders external objects in terms of a specialized, proprietary scheme of categories -- colors, shapes, speeds and directions of movement, etc. This "Sensory Classification Thesis" implies that sensation is not a naturally caused image from which an organism must infer the state of the world beyond; it is more like an internal communication, a signal concerning the state of the world issued by a sensory system, in accordance with internal conventions, for the use of an organism's other systems. This is why sensory states are both easily understood and persuasive Senses and sensation; Sense (Philosophy) Mohan Matthen Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh