1st Edition
Cognition and the Symbolic Processes Volume 2
Originally published in 1982, this book (following the previous volume published in 1974) continued to look at current issues in theoretical and cognitive psychology and looked for new directions for fruitful theory and research. The major concern for all the contributors was with the construction of a psychology of the higher mental processes through the evaluation of and improvement upon past efforts, as well as the exploration of related areas or disciplines for relevant new ideas. The contributors to this volume shared in common the rejection of not only behavioristic and associationistic approaches but also the sensory information-processing model that earlier dominated and (by weight of numbers of adherents and publications) still dominated cognitive psychology at the time. Today it can be read and enjoyed in its historical context.
Preface. 1. Observational Perspective and Descriptive Level in Perceiving and Acting Carol A. Fowler and Michael T. Turvey 2. The Need for Complementarity in Models of Cognitive Behavior: A Response to Fowler and Turvey H. H. Pattee 3. Fowler–Turvey–Pattee Discussion 4. Meaning John Macnamara 5. Macnamara Discussion 6. Presentationalism: Toward a Self-Reflective Psychological Theory James E. Martin 7. On Listening: What Does Rhetoric Have to Say to Cognitive Psychology? Carroll C. Arnold 8. Argument and Intellectual Change: Comments in the Context of Arnold’s Chapter Charles N. Cofer 9. Arnold–Cofer Discussion 10. Ecological Psychology: The Consequence of a Commitment to Realism Robert Shaw, M. T. Turvey and William Mace 11. Gibson–Shaw Discussion 12. Hayek’s Approach to the Problems of Complex Phenomena: An Introduction to the Theoretical Psychology of The Sensory Order Walter B. Weimer 13. The Sensory Order After 25 Years F. A. Hayek 14. Categorical Perception: A Contractual Approach Dennis R. Proffitt and Terry Halwes 15. Weimer–Hayek Discussion 16. Ambiguity and the Future of Psychology: Meditations Leibniziennes Walter B. Weimer 17. Reflections on the Place of Brain in the Ecology of Mind Karl H. Pribam. Author Index. Subject Index.
Biography
Walter B. Weimer and David S. Palermo
