Virtual action: O'Regan and Noe meet Bergson

Robbins, Stephen E (2004) Virtual action: O'Regan and Noe meet Bergson. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 24 (7). pp. 906-907.

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Abstract

Bergson, writing in 1896, anticipated "sensorimotor contingencies" under the concept that perception is "virtual action." But to explain the external image, he embedded this concept in a holographic framework where time-motion is an indivisible and the relation of subject/object is in terms of time. The target article’s account of qualitative visual experience falls short for lack of this larger framework.

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This little article addresses the origin of the external image of the world - qualitative and with extent in time - relating it integrally to action - with a testable consequence.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Bergson, action, time, virtuality, qualia, holography
Disciplines:	Psychology
Topics:	Theory of Consciousness
Article Type:	Theoretical
ID Code:	203
Deposited By:	Dr Stephen E Robbins
Deposited On:	20 December 2006

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