The Neuroscientific Case for a Representative Theory of Perception

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Preston ◽  
Severin Schroeder
Keyword(s):  
Representative Theory

Form in Coleridge, and in Perception and Art More Generally

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Reid
Keyword(s):  
Binary Code ◽  
Sense Perception ◽  
Organic Form ◽  
Spatial Sense ◽  
Primary Qualities ◽  
Aesthetic Form ◽  
The World ◽  
Formal Relation ◽  
Spatial Shape ◽  
Representative Theory

AbstractWe should not think of aesthetic form in terms of shape, but rather, as Susanne Langer argues, as a reflection of "orderliness" or relation. When thinking of form, we should not think of Keats's Grecian urn (embodying in its shape the beauty of the eternal)--not, at least, if this leads us to think of the urn's reified shape as somehow fundamental and therefore a kind of language. Rather, we should think of therelationbetween binary code and the image it produces on a computer screen, as prototypically "formal." Such images certainly do have shape, but those shapes are the product of underlying acts (here a set of computer instructions), which accordingly are more fundamental.This allows us to understand Coleridge's mature insistence on the reciprocal formality of the Father and the Son (for in any case the Son cannot have "shape" in any spatial sense). It also allows us to rehabilitate Coleridge's problematic concept of organic form. Building on Louis Arnaud Reid's arguments against the representative theory of perception, I argue that the qualitative dimensions of everyday sensory perceptions cannot in themselves be characterized by primary qualities like spatial shape, for it is absurd to think that we have anything like Polaroid snapshots floating around within our synapses. Rather, the qualitative dimensions of sensory perception (colour, perceived shape, and so forth) are "presentations" of the relevant aspects of the world--presentations which bear a formal relation rather than immediate likeness to the world. Sense-perception is thus "formal." And we can thus also claim that an art work formally embodies its meanings; that the concept of "form" has work to do; and that form is implicitly qualitative, being characterized by texture, sound qualities, shapeliness, etc..

scholarly journals Affective bounds and the challenge to live wilt himself/others: social representations of serum positive HIV

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 1719
Author(s):  
Maria Eliane Liégio Matão ◽  
Denismar Borges Miranda ◽  
Pedro Humberto de Faria Campos ◽  
Núbia Naria Rodrigues Silva ◽  
Tássia Augusto Marinho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Representations ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
Emotional Bonds ◽  
The Social ◽  
De Se ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
Representative Theory

ABSTRACTObjective: to understand how affective bounds turn out to be realities and how to support and maintain them after have being one of the couple diagnoses as HIV serum positive. Methodology: that is a descriptive study, it is supported on a qualitative approach and it is based on the Social Representative Theory. Open and deep interviews were used to collect data. All of them were analyzed by ALCESTE 4.5 software. The study was approved by the Committee of Ethics in Research of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás (0142/05). Results: each one of the two thematic axes were distributed into two classes. Axe I – objectivity, formed by Class I and Class II; and Axe II – Subjectivity, formed by Classes III and IV. Conclusions: the results indicate the existence of the formation of emotional bonds for HIV-positive, but the influence of the diagnosis this possibility is a new terrifying. Then, there is an adjustment to the experience of living with the infection, which also naturalizes the compliance of the subject. The incorporation of experience to relate beyond the illness and becomes part of the daily life of these people. Descriptors: HIV seropositivity; psychology social; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; sexual sartners; object attachment.RESUMOObjetivo: compreender como se dá o estabelecimento ou a manutenção de vínculos afetivos após o diagnóstico de soropositividade para o HIV. Metodologia: estudo descritivo, abordagem qualitativa com base na Teoria das Representações Sociais. A coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de entrevista aberta em profundidade, analisada pelo software ALCESTE 4.5. O estudo foi aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás (0142/05). Resultados: foram distribuídos em dois eixos temáticos com duas classes cada: O Eixo I – Obejetividade, formado pela classe I: Repercussão Somática e Social da Aids e classe II, Aids: Expectativa de Vida ou de Morte; e Eixo II – Subjetividade, formado pelas classes III e IV, respectivamente: O Impasse entre Segredo, Medo e Recusa; e Aids e o Desejo de Conviver. Conclusões: os resultados apontam para a existência da formação de laços afetivos por soropositivos, porém frente ao impacto do diagnóstico essa possibilidade é uma novidade aterrorizante. Posteriormente, há uma adaptação à experiência de conviver com a infecção, o que também naturaliza a conformidade do sujeito. Assim, a incorporação da vivência de se relacionar transcende o adoecer e passa a integrar o cotidiano dessas pessoas. Descritores: soropositividade para HIV; psicologia social, síndrome de imunodeficiência adquirida; parceiros sexuais; apego ao objeto.RESUMENObjetivo: Comprender como se da el establecimiento o mantenimiento de vínculos afectivos en el paciente después del diagnóstico como VIH seropositivo. Metodología: Estudio descriptivo, abordaje cualitativo con base en la Teoría de las Representaciones Sociales. La recolección de datos se realizó por medio de entrevista abierta en profundidad, analizada por medio del software ALCESTE 4.5. El estudio fue aprobado por el Comité de Ética en Investigación de la Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás (0142/05). Resultados: distribuidos en dos ejes temáticos con dos clases cada uno: Eje I – Objetividad, formado por la clase I: Repercusión Somática del SIDA y clase II, SIDA: Expectativa de Vida o Muerte; y Eje II – Subjetividad, formado por las clases III y IV, e: El Impase entre Secreto, Miedo e Rechazo; SIDA y el Deseo de Convivir, respectivamente. Conclusiones: los resultados apuntan hacia la existencia de formación de lazos afectivos por parte de pacientes seropositivos, sin embargo frente al impacto del diagnóstico esta posibilidad es una novedad atemorizante.  Posteriormente, hay una adaptación a la experiencia de convivir con la infección, lo cual también torna natural la inconformidad del paciente.  Así, la incorporación de la vivencia de relacionarse, trasciende el dolor y pasa a integrar lo cotidiano de estas personas. Descriptores: seropositividad para VIH; psicología social; síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida; parejas sexuales; apego a objetos.  

scholarly journals Quality as Subjectively Measured Value

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-110
Author(s):  
P. S. Serenkov ◽  
V. M. Romanchak
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Models ◽  
Alternative Assessment ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Quality Characteristics ◽  
Ordinal Scale ◽  
Statistical Criterion ◽  
Expert Evaluation ◽  
Subjective Measurements ◽  
Interval Scales ◽  
Representative Theory

The paper identifies the problem of ensuring the reliability of measurement results of quality characteristics as subjective values and their correct application in logical and mathematical models of making decisions. The purpose of this study is to increase the reliability of expert evaluation of individual characteristics of the quality of processes, products, systems.The article describes basic methodological approaches to subjective measurements represented by the classical, operational and representational theories of measurement. The most acceptable for the purposes of ensuring the reliability of the expert evaluation of the single quality characteristics a representative theory, suggesting that the subjective value can be measured only in nominal or ordinal scales was determined. The contradiction is established: the possibility of measuring of single quality characteristics in the ordinal scale does not meet the needs of specialists in the field of quality, whouse subjective measurements to solve problems of analysis and decision-making, requiring the use of logical and mathematical models; in that way estimates should be expressed at least in the interval scale. The article substantiates the best solution of this problem by use of the rating scale which has properties of both ordinal and interval scales.Within the framework of the expert methods of quality measurements development two fundamental elements of the methodology of subjective measurements of subjective values from the standpoint of representative theory are formulated: 1) the rating scale as a modified scale of ranks, 2) the method of organization of the measurement process as a method of alternative assessment of expert preferences.Much attention is given to axiomatic of the rating scale having properties of both ordinal and interval scales. The algorithm of implementation of alternative assessment's of expert preferences method which is based on a special two-stage plan of alternative expert survey and statistical criterion of preferences' stability was suggested. In conjunction, the methodologies of subjective measurements of subjective values ensure the correctness of the rating scale's formation and conversion of the values of quality characteristics in the form of ratings in the corresponding values expressed at least in the scale of intervals.

Toward Efficient Multiplication Algorithms over Finite Fields in Lagrange Representation

2010 ◽  
Vol 20-23 ◽  
pp. 323-327
Author(s):  
Ming Long Qi ◽  
Luo Zhong ◽  
Qing Ping Guo
Keyword(s):  
Finite Fields ◽  
New Method ◽  
Arbitrary Field ◽  
Modular Multiplication ◽  
Multiplication Algorithm ◽  
Representative Theory

In this paper, we present a representative theory for finite fields called the Lagrange Representation recently initialized by Bajard et al. Our contribution is of introducing a new method for computing the leading coefficient of an arbitrary field polynomial, and establishing a field modular multiplication algorithm. Some concrete examples are given in order to emphasize illustration of the method.

Intentionality and the representative theory of perception

Man and World ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Zahavi
Keyword(s):  
Representative Theory

Sensible Qualities and Secondary Qualities in the First Dialogue

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Downing
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Qualities ◽  
Secondary Quality ◽  
Quality Distinction ◽  
Sensible Qualities ◽  
Representative Theory

By focusing on the First Dialogue’s use of ‘sensible quality’ rather than ‘idea’, we can draw out some important morals that allow us to better appreciate its actual accomplishments. Whereas the Principles is an attack on materialist mechanism primarily via its representative theory of perception, the First Dialogue is an attack on materialist mechanism primarily via its primary/secondary-quality distinction. Viewing the First Dialogue in this light allows us to see it as more effective and insightful than we otherwise might, although it also requires us to acknowledge that Hylas is never as philosophically naïve as Berkeley sometimes seems to suggest.

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