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Visual thinking. by Arnheim, Rudolf.(CARDINAL)143431;
Bibliography: pages 325-338.Early stirrings -- The intelligence of perception -- The ǂt intelligence of perception (ii) -- Two and two together -- The past in the present -- The images of thought -- Concepts take shape -- Pictures, symbols, and signs -- What abstraction is not -- What abstraction is -- With feet on the ground -- Thinking with pure shapes -- Words in their place -- Art and thought -- Models for theory -- Vision in education.
Subjects: Visual perception.; Art;
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Visual thinking / by Arnheim, Rudolf.(CARDINAL)143431;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-338) and index.Early stirrings -- The intelligence of perception -- Two and two together -- The past in the present -- The images of thought -- Concepts take shape -- Pictures, symbols, and signs -- What abstraction is not -- What abstraction is -- With feet on the ground -- Thinking with pure shapes -- Words in their place -- Art and thought -- Models for theory -- Vision in education."This book is an attempt to proceed from earlier studies of art to a broader concern with visual perception as a cognitive activity ..."--Pref.
Subjects: Art; Visual perception.;
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The spell of the sensuous : perception and language in a more-than-human world / by Abram, David,1957-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-312) and index.
Subjects: Human body (Philosophy); Human ecology.; Perception (Philosophy); Philosophy of nature.; Sense (Philosophy);
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Neurologic : the brain's hidden rationale behind our irrational behavior / by Sternberg, Eliezer J.(CARDINAL)482369;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Our unconscious logic -- What do the blind see when they dream? -- Can zombies drive to work? -- Can your imagination make you a better athlete? -- Can we remember things that never happened? -- Why do people believe in alien abductions? -- Why do schizophrenics hear voices? -- Can someone be hypnotized to commit murder? -- Why can't split personalities share prescription glasses? -- Appendix: Maps of the brain.From bizarre dreams and hallucinations to schizophrenia and multiple personalities, the human brain is responsible for a diverse spectrum of strange thoughts and behaviors. From the outside, these phenomena are written off as being just zcrazy,y but what if they were actually planned and logical? NeuroLogic explores the brains internal system of reasoning, from its unconscious depths to conscious decision-making, and how it explains our most outlandish as well as our most stereotyped behaviors. Drawing on current research in neuroscience and fascinating neurological cases, Eliezer J. Sternberg explores questions such as: · What do the blind see when they dream? · Why do people believe in alien abductions? · Why do schizophrenics hear voices? From sleepwalking murderers, contagious yawning, and the brains of sports fans to false memories, subliminal messages, and the secret of ticklishness, youll find that theres a pattern to the way the brain interprets the worlda pattern that fits the brains unique logic. Unraveling this pattern and the various ways it can be disturbed will alter not only our view of mental illness and supernatural experience but also shed light on the hidden parts of ourselves.
Subjects: Cognitive neuroscience.; Neuropsychology.; Subconsciousness.; Perception (Philosophy);
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No boundary : Eastern and Western approaches to personal growth / by Wilber, Ken.(CARDINAL)145099;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Consciousness.; Psychology; Self-perception.;
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Progress in art / by Gablik, Suzi.(CARDINAL)124333;
Bibliography: pages 180-182.Part I: The historical dynamic. Whatever happened to the art object? -- From static to dynamic imagery -- The subject-object relation -- perception and representation -- Part II: The three stages of art. Stages in the development of art -- Ancient and Medieval periods -- The Renaissance -- The modern period -- Part III: Art, knowledge and science. Internal v. external histories of art -- Art as mimetic conjecture -- Revolutionary theories of knowledge -- The transformation of reality.Is there progress in art? The question is one which most people would answer vehemently in the negative without giving it much thought. And yet, how is one to account for changes in artistic style? And what is one to think about modern art, which still seems baffling to many in comparison with traditional figurative art? Suzi Gablik's challenging argument is that art, like science, has a history, order and structure which can be called progressive. Progress, however, is not a question of moral or esthetic improvement but involves a cognitive 'growth' of artistic styles and is related to transformations in modes of thinking. The model used for the argument is based on principles of developmental psychology advanced by the famous and revolutionary Swiss experimental psychologist Jean Piaget. By demonstrating the way in which art is linked with the acquisition of stages of development: increasingly complex perceptual and logical structures lead to mental organizations which are increasingly dominated by scientific, rationalistic and conceptual modes of thinking in contrast to earlier more mystical ones. In this light, an attempt is made to explain the shift in art from figurative or iconic representation, where the image resembles the object to which it refers, towards non-representational art which is abstract and conceptual in organization. Three sections of illustrations demonstrate, through revealing juxtapositions, the course of artistic development from ancient and medieval times, through the Renaissance, to contemporary art. -- from dust jacket.
Subjects: Art; Cognition.; Visual perception.;
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The roots of reference / by Quine, W. V.(Willard Van Orman)(CARDINAL)153037;
Bibliography: pages 143-146.1180L
Subjects: Language and languages; Object (Philosophy); Perception.; Reference (Philosophy); Set theory.;
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The evidence of the senses : a realist theory of perception / by Kelley, David,1949-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Knowledge, Theory of.; Perception (Philosophy); Senses and sensation.;
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Outraged : why we fight about morality and politics and how to find common ground / by Gray, Kurt James,author(CARDINAL)412924;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Swerve: The power of harm -- War: Is understanding betrayal? -- Part 1: Human nature. Prey: The new human nature -- Social: The rise of morality -- Dangerous: Ignoring our obvious safety -- Part 2: Our moral mind. Legacy: A recent history of harm -- Intuitive: The new harm -- Vulnerability: Explaining political differences -- Blame: Moral typecasting -- Suffering: Self-focused victimhood -- Part 3: Bridging moral divides. Understanding: Telling stories of harm -- Hope: Opening up -- Epilogue: Humility: Always learning -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index."In this insightful tour of the moral mind, Gray provides a groundbreaking new framework for our moral foundations that rewrites our understanding of where moral judgments come from, and how we can overcome the feelings of outrage that so often divide us"--
Subjects: Ethics.; Polarization (Social sciences); Fear.; Self-righteousness.; Perception (Philosophy);
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Image and interpretation / by Kyōto Daigaku.Bungaku Kenkyūka.(CARDINAL)292004;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Conference papers and proceedings.; Visual perception; Image (Philosophy);
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