Attention and cognitive penetration
Reflections on Dustin Stokes’ Thinking and Perceiving
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21370396 |
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| Authors | Wayne Wu (0000-0001-6216-5917, Carnegie Mellon University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 181 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1741-1747 |
| Publication date | 2024-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8116 • E-ISSN: 1573-0883 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11098-023-02017-2 |
| OpenAlex | W4385613618 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
Dustin Stokes book Thinking and Perceiving is a substantial achievement. In this comment, I discuss issues related to cognitive penetration. While I agree with Stokes’ criticisms of Fodor and Pylyshyn’s discussion of cognitive penetration with respect to the role of attention, I provide a supporting, but different argument against how they understand attention. I also emphasize that the common appeal to behavioural data in arguing for cognitive penetration is less effective than an argument that supplements behavioural data with computational models. I sketch how drawing on computational models strengthens the case for the cognitive penetration of attention by intention. This suggests that cognitive penetration is as common as intentional action
Appeal · Argument (complex analysis) · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Epistemology · Metaphysics · Penetration (warfare) · Philosophy of mind · Sketch · Chemistry · Computer Science · Embodied and Extended Cognition · Mathematics · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Neuroscience · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
| Highly cited | No |
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