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Geometry of imaginary spaces.
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The overall conclusion-with notable exceptions-is that present day science has no clue on how the construction of such geometrical structures, that figure prominently in one's awareness, is implemented in the brain.Abstract:
"Imaginary space" is a three-dimensional visual awareness that feels different from what you experience when you open your eyes in broad daylight. Imaginary spaces are experienced when you look "into" (as distinct from "at") a picture for instance. Empirical research suggests that imaginary spaces have a tight, coherent structure, that is very different from that of three-dimensional Euclidean space. This has to be due to some constraints on psychogenesis, that is the development of awareness. I focus on the topic of how, and where, the construction of such geometrical structures, that figure prominently in one's awareness, is implemented in the brain. My overall conclusion-with notable exceptions-is that present day science has no clue. I indicate some possibly rewarding directions of research.read more
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Mind, rationality, and cognition: An interdisciplinary debate
Nick Chater,Teppo Felin,David C. Funder,Gerd Gigerenzer,Jan J. Koenderink,Joachim I. Krueger,Denis Noble,Samuel A. Nordli,Mike Oaksford,Barry Schwartz,Barry Schwartz,Keith E. Stanovich,Peter M. Todd +12 more
TL;DR: Commentaries raise a number of criticisms and issues about rationality and the all-seeing eye argument, including: the nature of judgment and reasoning, biases versus heuristics, organism-environment relations, perception and situational construal, equilibrium analysis in economics, efficient markets, and thenature of empirical observation and the scientific method.
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The Theory-Based View: Economic Actors as Theorists
Teppo Felin,Todd Zenger +1 more
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Cortical Correlates of Low-Level Perception: From Neural Circuits to Percepts.
Yves Frégnac,Brice Bathellier +1 more
TL;DR: This review identifies bottleneck issues concerning the role of early primary sensory cortical areas, mostly in rodent and higher mammals (cats and non-human primates), where perception substrates can be searched at multiple scales of neural integration.
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Rationality, perception, and the all-seeing eye.
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The Search Function and Evolutionary Novelty
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