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Wolfgang Prinz1

  • 1Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.

Frontiers in Psychology
|October 2, 2018
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Human minds are shaped by observing others act. Action perception, particularly the third-person view, offers direct insights into consciousness, selfhood, and intentionality, illuminating mind connections.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Consciousness, selfhood, intentionality, and agency are complex philosophical and scientific problems.
  • Traditional approaches often focus on the first-person subjective experience.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel, "light" approach to understanding consciousness.
  • To investigate the role of action perception in accessing core aspects of the mind.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of the cognitive and perceptual mechanisms involved in action perception.
  • Theoretical argument focusing on the third-person perspective in observing actions.

Main Results:

  • Human minds are significantly adapted for action perception.
Keywords:
action perceptionagencyconsciousnessexportimportintentionalityselfhood

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  • The third-person perspective in action perception provides more direct access to selfhood, intentionality, and agency than the first-person perspective.
  • Observing actions offers inherent access to these concepts.

    • Conclusions:

    • Action perception, especially the third-person view, offers a valuable lens for studying consciousness.
    • This approach illuminates the relationship between one's own mind and the minds of others.
    • While not solving all consciousness enigmas, it provides new perspectives.