Action-Related Representations: An Action-Based Approach to Grounded Cognition

Tim Seuchter

Open Access Published by düsseldorf university press 2020

Action-Related Representations

An Action-Based Approach to Grounded Cognition

Tim Seuchter

Volume 6 in the series Dissertations in Language and Cognition

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110663792

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Theories of grounded cognition state that there is a meaningful connection between action and cognition. Although these claims are widely accepted, the nature and structure of this connection is far from clear and is still a matter of controversy. This book argues for a type of cognitive representation that essentially combines cognition and action, and which is foundational for higher-order cognitive capacities. Action-related representation is a mode of representing features of the environment in terms of possible actions. Central to this concept is that even the most basic actions, such as grasping or reaching, are outcomes of representing features of the environment in relation to features and skills of the acting subject. The author discusses the hierarchical development from egocentric, context-specific action-related representations to abstract representations of general actions. Findings from Philosophy, Neuroscience and Ecological Psychology are analysed, and a novel approach to the understanding of Gibson’s Theory of Affordance Perception, a key element of the concept of action-related representation, is introduced.

Overview over action-related cognition accounts

Novel approach to Gibsonian affordances

Action based account of conceptual development

Author / Editor information

Tim Seuchter, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Deutschland.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
1 Introduction Open Access Download PDF	1
2 Being in and Toward the World: Body Schema and Motor Intentionality Open Access Download PDF	23
3 Perceiving Possible Actions: Gibson’s Affordances Open Access Download PDF	35
4 Action Representation is Essentially Egocentric Open Access Download PDF	97
5 Action-Guiding Representations Open Access Download PDF	127
6 Vision for Action: The Two Visual Systems Open Access Download PDF	147
7 Action Constitutes Thinking: Interactive Constructivism Open Access Download PDF	157
8 A General Account of Action- Related Representation Open Access Download PDF	171
9 Development of Abstract Concepts Open Access Download PDF	191
10 Conclusion: Grounding Cognition in Action? Open Access Download PDF	231
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	237

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: düsseldorf university press
Audience: Kognitionswissenschaftler, Semiotiker, Entwicklungspsychologen, Geistesphilosophen, Sprachphilosophen, Umweltpsychologen
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 252
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 60
Keywords: Grounded Cognition; Embodied Cognition; Action; Affordances; Abstract Cognition; Theory of Perception; Visuomotor Pragmatic Processing

eBook

Published: September 23, 2020
ISBN: 9783110663792

Paperback

Published: July 20, 2020
ISBN: 9783110663785