Concepts, Perception, and Wittgenstein’s Theory: a conversation with the sciences

This article presents results from experiments of the experimental psychology and Neurosciences about the effects of concepts in perceptions. By bringing these results to philosophy, its aim is to relate the effects of the concepts in perceptions with Wittgenstein’s theory about the subject. Accordi...

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Autor principal: Vollino, Maurício da Rosa
Formato: Online
Idioma:spa
Publicado: Universidad de Costa Rica 2020
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/filosofia/article/view/43157
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spelling FILOSOFIA431572020-07-24T02:29:01Z Concepts, Perception, and Wittgenstein’s Theory: a conversation with the sciences Vollino, Maurício da Rosa Concepts Perception Wittgenstein Experimental Psychology Neuroscience This article presents results from experiments of the experimental psychology and Neurosciences about the effects of concepts in perceptions. By bringing these results to philosophy, its aim is to relate the effects of the concepts in perceptions with Wittgenstein’s theory about the subject. According to psychologists and neuroscientists, the use of concepts may guide the acknowledgment of sounds, such as recognizing more easily the sound of a blender after hearing the rustle of leaves. Therefore concepts, following Wittgenstein, are skills of cognitive agents, who learn them from a collective use of language. Universidad de Costa Rica 2020-07-23 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Contribution application/pdf text/html https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/filosofia/article/view/43157 Revista de Filosofía de la Universidad de Costa Rica; Vol. 58 No. 152 (2019): Revista de Filosofía; 115-124 Revista de Filosofía de la Universidad de Costa Rica; Vol. 58 Núm. 152 (2019): Revista de Filosofía; 115-124 2215-5589 0034-8252 spa https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/filosofia/article/view/43157/43420 https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/filosofia/article/view/43157/43421 Derechos de autor 2020 Maurício da Rosa Vollino
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description This article presents results from experiments of the experimental psychology and Neurosciences about the effects of concepts in perceptions. By bringing these results to philosophy, its aim is to relate the effects of the concepts in perceptions with Wittgenstein’s theory about the subject. According to psychologists and neuroscientists, the use of concepts may guide the acknowledgment of sounds, such as recognizing more easily the sound of a blender after hearing the rustle of leaves. Therefore concepts, following Wittgenstein, are skills of cognitive agents, who learn them from a collective use of language.
title Concepts, Perception, and Wittgenstein’s Theory: a conversation with the sciences
title_short Concepts, Perception, and Wittgenstein’s Theory: a conversation with the sciences
title_full Concepts, Perception, and Wittgenstein’s Theory: a conversation with the sciences
title_fullStr Concepts, Perception, and Wittgenstein’s Theory: a conversation with the sciences
title_full_unstemmed Concepts, Perception, and Wittgenstein’s Theory: a conversation with the sciences
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