32.323, Books: Action-Related Representations: Seuchter

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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 19:46:22
From: Asja Kusnezowa [Asja.Kusnezowa at degruyter.com]
Subject: Action-Related Representations: Seuchter

 


Title: Action-Related Representations 
Subtitle: An Action-Based Approach to Grounded Cognition 
Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
	   http://www.degruyter.com/mouton
	

Book URL: https://www.degruyter.com/view/title/560576 


Author: Tim Seuchter

Paperback: ISBN:  9783110663785 Pages:  Price: Germany € 59.95


Abstract:

Theories of grounded cognition state that there is a meaningful connection
between action and cognition. Although these claims are widely accepted, the
nature and structure of this connection is far from clear and is still a
matter of controversy. This book argues for a type of cognitive representation
that essentially combines cognition and action, and which is foundational for
higher-order cognitive capacities. Action-related representation is a mode of
representing features of the environment in terms of possible actions. Central
to this concept is that even the most basic actions, such as grasping or
reaching, are outcomes of representing features of the environment in relation
to features and skills of the acting subject. The author discusses the
hierarchical development from egocentric, context-specific action-related
representations to abstract representations of general actions. Findings from
Philosophy, Neuroscience and Ecological Psychology are analysed, and a novel
approach to the understanding of Gibson’s Theory of Affordance Perception, a
key element of the concept of action-related representation, is introduced.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science


Written In: English  (eng)

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