Hearing, Seeing, and Hylomorphism

2021 ◽  
pp. 163-193
Author(s):  
David Charles
Keyword(s):  
Visual Perception ◽  
Direct Realism ◽  
Psychological Phenomena ◽  
Psychological Component ◽  
Two Component

Aristotle, it is argued, defined visual perception and hearing as inextricably psycho-physical, not definable in terms of a purely psychological component and a purely physical one. The relevant capacities, like those involved in tasting, smelling and touching, are defined as essentially goal-directed enmattered capacities. They have to be inextricably psycho-physical in this way to be causes and effects of material processes. If this is correct, Aristotle did not accept that these types of perceiving are to be defined in terms of purely psychological phenomena realized in purely physical states or events. His account of all these types of perception follows the pattern set by his discussion of the emotions and desire and is best understood in terms of the Impure Form Interpretation, as developed in Chapters 1 and 2. It is not a version of the two component account proposed by some interpreters. It is further suggested that his account of visual perception is consistent with a version of direct realism, once his ontology of processes and activities is properly understood.

scholarly journals Psychological Cognition and Thinking Needs in Visual Communication Design

2021 ◽  
Vol 236 ◽  
pp. 05070
Author(s):  
Dandan Zhao ◽  
Bo Pan
Keyword(s):  
Visual Perception ◽  
Visual Information ◽  
Cognitive Process ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Information Design ◽  
Gestalt Psychology ◽  
Design Work ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Psychological Phenomena ◽  
Visual Impact

The visual information design refers to the communication and exchange with the real world through the graphic signification. The understanding of a graph is a visual recognition process of the graphic object. The audience can feel the intangibility of the design work behind the tangibility during the transmission, perception, communication and resonance processes. The unconscious mind of the audience is aroused under the visual impact, thus reaching the goal of transmitting the concept of information appeal. Influenced by the holistic view of the Gestalt Psychology, the modern cognitive psychology highlights the comprehensive analysis of human cognitive process, while Gestalt psychologists lay the emphasis on the integrity of experience and behavior. According to the principle of Gestalt Psychology, the form perceived is not the direct imitation of an objective thing, but instead, it is the perceptual construction activity when eyes capture the thing. As a manifestation system in the visual perception research field, the Gestalt Psychology teases the related perceptual organization principles for the human cognitive process and promotes the development of the visual perception researches. Based on the Gestalt Psychology, it is proposed in this research to study psychological phenomena from the holistic dynamic structure, explore the visual information design, and exploit the design field of view and creative thinking, in an effort to form a new design philosophy which will play an important role in improving the aesthetic effect and visual impact of the design work.

Wilfrid Sellars, Perceptual Consciousness and Theories of Attention

2004 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Coates ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Visual Perception ◽  
Visual Experience ◽  
Change Blindness ◽  
Wilfrid Sellars ◽  
Perceptual Consciousness ◽  
Two Component ◽  
The World ◽  
Satisfactory Answer ◽  
Content Of Experience

The problem of the richness of visual experience is that of finding principled grounds for claims about how much of the world a person actually sees at any given moment. It is argued that there are suggestive parallels between the two-component analysis of experience defended by Wilfrid Sellars, and certain recently advanced information processing accounts of visual perception. Sellars' later account of experience is examined in detail, and it is argued that there are good reasons in support of the claim that the sensory nonconceptual content of experience can vary independently of conceptual awareness. It is argued that the Sellarsian analysis is not undermined by recent work on change blindness and related phenomena; a model of visual experience developed by Ronald Rensink is shown to be in essential harmony with the framework provided by Sellars, and provides a satisfactory answer to the problem of the richness of visual experience.

Spectroscopic Observations of Visual Double Stars

1965 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 109-111
Author(s):  
Frederick R. West
Keyword(s):  
Radial Velocity ◽  
High Dispersion ◽  
Velocity Difference ◽  
Spectrograph Slit ◽  
Spectroscopic Observations ◽  
Double Stars ◽  
Visual Double Stars ◽  
Relative Orbit ◽  
Two Component ◽  
Star Images

There are certain visual double stars which, when close to a node of their relative orbit, should have enough radial velocity difference (10-20 km/s) that the spectra of the two component stars will appear resolved on high-dispersion spectrograms (5 Å/mm or less) obtainable by use of modern coudé and solar spectrographs on bright stars. Both star images are then recorded simultaneously on the spectrograph slit, so that two stellar components will appear on each spectrogram.

A technique for protecting delicate specimens during processing

1989 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 982-983
Author(s):  
R.J. Mount ◽  
R.V. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Basilar Membrane ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Organ Of Corti ◽  
Region Of Interest ◽  
Sensory Epithelium ◽  
Physical Damage ◽  
Air Drying ◽  
Specimen Handling ◽  
Two Component

The sensory end organ of the ear, the organ of Corti, rests on a thin basilar membrane which lies between the bone of the central modiolus and the bony wall of the cochlea. In vivo, the organ of Corti is protected by the bony wall which totally surrounds it. In order to examine the sensory epithelium by scanning electron microscopy it is necessary to dissect away the protective bone and expose the region of interest (Fig. 1). This leaves the fragile organ of Corti susceptible to physical damage during subsequent handling. In our laboratory cochlear specimens, after dissection, are routinely prepared by the O-T- O-T-O technique, critical point dried and then lightly sputter coated with gold. This processing involves considerable specimen handling including several hours on a rotator during which the organ of Corti is at risk of being physically damaged. The following procedure uses low cost, readily available materials to hold the specimen during processing ,preventing physical damage while allowing an unhindered exchange of fluids.Following fixation, the cochlea is dehydrated to 70% ethanol then dissected under ethanol to prevent air drying. The holder is prepared by punching a hole in the flexible snap cap of a Wheaton vial with a paper hole punch. A small amount of two component epoxy putty is well mixed then pushed through the hole in the cap. The putty on the inner cap is formed into a “cup” to hold the specimen (Fig. 2), the putty on the outside is smoothed into a “button” to give good attachment even when the cap is flexed during handling (Fig. 3). The cap is submerged in the 70% ethanol, the bone at the base of the cochlea is seated into the cup and the sides of the cup squeezed with forceps to grip it (Fig.4). Several types of epoxy putty have been tried, most are either soluble in ethanol to some degree or do not set in ethanol. The only putty we find successful is “DUROtm MASTERMENDtm Epoxy Extra Strength Ribbon” (Loctite Corp., Cleveland, Ohio), this is a blue and yellow ribbon which is kneaded to form a green putty, it is available at many hardware stores.

Development of visual perception and attention, assessed by backward masking and application in children with epilepsy

2003 ◽  
Vol 45 (08) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Macchi ◽  
Livia Nicoletta Rossi ◽  
Ivan Cortinovis ◽  
Lucia Menegazzo ◽  
Sandra Maria Burri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Visual Perception ◽  
Backward Masking

Fifth virial coefficient of a two-component mixture of hard discs

1997 ◽  
Vol 90 (4) ◽  
pp. 679-681
Author(s):  
F. SAIJA ◽  
G. FIUMARA ◽  
P.V. GIAQUINTA
Keyword(s):  
Virial Coefficient ◽  
Component Mixture ◽  
Two Component

First-Person Experiments in Thinking

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renatus Ziegler ◽  
Ulrich Weger
Keyword(s):  
Physiological Parameters ◽  
The Self ◽  
First Person ◽  
Psychological Phenomena ◽  
Third Person ◽  
Current Article ◽  
Thinking Process ◽  
Mental Contents

Abstract. In psychology, thinking is typically studied in terms of a range of behavioral or physiological parameters, focusing, for instance, on the mental contents or the neuronal correlates of the thinking process proper. In the current article, by contrast, we seek to complement this approach with an exploration into the experiential or inner dimensions of thinking. These are subtle and elusive and hence easily escape a mode of inquiry that focuses on externally measurable outcomes. We illustrate how a sufficiently trained introspective approach can become a radar for facets of thinking that have found hardly any recognition in the literature so far. We consider this an important complement to third-person research because these introspective observations not only allow for new insights into the nature of thinking proper but also cast other psychological phenomena in a new light, for instance, attention and the self. We outline and discuss our findings and also present a roadmap for the reader interested in studying these phenomena in detail.

Review of The Psychology of Visual Perception. 2nd ed.

1981 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 228-228
Author(s):  
Julian Hochberg
Keyword(s):  
Visual Perception
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