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Cognitive Penetrability and the Epistemic Role of Perception

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Authors:
  1. Athanassios Raftopoulos

    1. Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

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  • Divides and discusses visual perception in terms of 'early vision' and the often overlooked perceptual stage of 'late vision'
  • Provides an account of how cognitive states could affect perceptual states in a way that entails late vision is cognitive penetrability
  • Approaches problems using a unique perspective in which empirical studies and philosophical analysis are interwoven

Part of the book series: Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy (PIIP)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Cognitive Penetrability and the Epistemic Role of Perception

    • Athanassios Raftopoulos
    Pages 1-83

  3. Cognitive Penetrability

    • Athanassios Raftopoulos
    Pages 85-158

  4. Early Vision and Cognitive Penetrability

    • Athanassios Raftopoulos
    Pages 159-221

  5. The Cognitive Effects on Early and Late Vision and Their Epistemological Impact

    • Athanassios Raftopoulos
    Pages 223-250

  6. Early and Late Vision: Their Processes and Epistemic Status

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    Pages 251-338

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 339-368
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About this book

This book is about the interweaving between cognitive penetrability and the epistemic role of the two stages of perception, namely early and late vision, in justifying perceptual beliefs. It examines the impact of the epistemic role of perception in defining cognitive penetrability and the relation between the epistemic role of perceptual stages and the kinds (direct or indirect) of cognitive effects on perceptual processing. 


The book presents the argument that early vision is cognitively impenetrable because neither is it affected directly by cognition, nor does cognition affect its epistemic role. 


It also argues that late vision, even though it is cognitively penetrated and, thus, affected by concepts, is still a perceptual state that does not involve any discursive inferences and does not belong to the space of reasons. Finally, an account is given as to how cognitive states with symbolic content could affect perceptual states with iconic, analog content, during late vision. 


Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

    Athanassios Raftopoulos

About the author

Athanassios Raftopoulos is Professor of Epistemology and Cognitive Science at the Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus, Cyprus.
He has been a fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of science at Pittsburgh University, USA, and has published more than 130 papers and books in philosophy of science, philosophy of perception, philosophy of mind, cognitive psychology, and cognitive science.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cognitive Penetrability and the Epistemic Role of Perception

  • Authors: Athanassios Raftopoulos

  • Series Title: Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10445-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10444-3Published: 15 March 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-10445-0Published: 07 February 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2946-2851

  • Series E-ISSN: 2946-286X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 368

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind

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