Action in Perception - (Representation and Mind) by Alva Noë (Paperback)

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About the Book An argument that perception is something we do, not something that happens to us: not a process in the brain, but a skillful bodily activity. Book Synopsis "Perception is not something that happens to us, or in us," writes Alva Noë. "It is something we do." In Action in Perception , Noë argues that perception and perceptual consciousness depend on capacities for action and thought--that perception is a kind of thoughtful activity. Touch, not vision, should be our model for perception. Perception is not a process in the brain, but a kind of skillful activity of the body as a whole. We enact our perceptual experience. To perceive, according to this enactive approach to percepti…