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Microgenesis of Anticipation: Windowing the Present

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This chapter analyses the micro-genesis of anticipation in awareness and shows how the internal determinants of anticipation construe our perception of empirical reality. Rooted in the psychic present, anticipation occurs in very short durations. Anticipation develops in phases allowing temporal and spatial displacements, and it includes an internal model of itself. Examples are given from visual, acoustic and motion perception, showing the anticipatory structure of awareness in subjective space-time. Finally, anticipation in perception throws light on the deep roots of semantics.

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The author thanks the director and the scientific board of STIAS (Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, Wallenberg Research Centre at Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa) for providing the perfect environment in which to write this chapter during the author’s visit in February to April 2016.

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Albertazzi, L. (2019). Microgenesis of Anticipation: Windowing the Present. In: Poli, R. (eds) Handbook of Anticipation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91554-8_13

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