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What mediates between sensory input and motor output? What makes it possible to act on what you perceive? Bence Nanay argues that pragmatic representations provide the perceptual guidance for performing actions. They play a key role in our mental lives and help explain why the majority of our mental...

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Main Author: Nanay, Bence (Author)
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Philosophy of mind.
Mind and body.
Act (Philosophy)
Philosophie de l'esprit.
Action (Philosophie)
Mind and body
Philosophy of mind
Electronic books.
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Summary:What mediates between sensory input and motor output? What makes it possible to act on what you perceive? Bence Nanay argues that pragmatic representations provide the perceptual guidance for performing actions. They play a key role in our mental lives and help explain why the majority of our mental processes are very similar to those of animals.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191760747
0191760749