{"product_id":"action-in-perception-alva-noe-9780262640633","title":"Action in Perception","description":"\"Perception is not something that happens to us, or in us,\" writes Alva Noë. \"It is something we do.\" In \u003ci\u003eAction in Perception\u003c\/i\u003e, Noë 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.\u003cp\u003eTo 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, Noë 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. Noë then argues that perceptual experience acquires content thanks to our possession and exercise of practical bodily knowledge, and examines, among other topics, the problems posed by spatial content and the experience of color. He considers the perspectival aspect of the representational content of experience and assesses the place of thought and understanding in experience. Finally, he explores the implications of the enactive approach for our understanding of the neuroscience of perception.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alva Noë\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262640635\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262640633\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bradford Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.90w x 0.56d","brand":"Alva Noë","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075992285439,"sku":"9780262640633","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2c4f9b0e-9caf-4dc7-a446-0e73602ad2d3.jpg?v=1685462580","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/action-in-perception-alva-noe-9780262640633","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}