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Firestone & Scholl conflate two distinct issues.

Ryan Ogilvie1, Peter Carruthers1

  • 1Department of Philosophy,University of Maryland,College Park,MD 20742-7615.rogilvie@umd.edupcarruth@umd.eduhttps://sites.google.com/site/ryanogilvie/http://faculty.philosophy.umd.edu/pcarruthers/.

The Behavioral and Brain Sciences
|March 31, 2017
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The distinction between perception and cognition remains intact even with top-down influences. Encapsulation is not required for separating perception from cognition, challenging prior assumptions.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • The debate on perception-cognition distinction hinges on perceptual encapsulation.
  • Firestone & Scholl (F&S) argue encapsulation is necessary for this distinction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To challenge F&S's assumption that perception must be encapsulated.
  • To argue that top-down effects do not preclude the perception-cognition distinction.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical analysis of cognitive architecture.
  • Conceptual critique of encapsulation as a necessary condition.

Main Results:

  • Top-down influences do not inherently abolish the perception-cognition boundary.
  • The visual system's individuation is separate from the encapsulation debate.

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Conclusions:

  • Perceptual encapsulation is not a prerequisite for distinguishing perception from cognition.
  • The relationship between top-down processing and cognitive architecture requires nuanced understanding.