Compositionality, Iconicity, and Perceptual Nonconceptualism

This paper concerns the role of the structural properties of representations in determining the nature of their content. I take as a starting point Fodor's (2007) and Heck's (2007) recent arguments making the iconic structure of perceptual representations essential in establishing their co...

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Autor: Toribio Mateas, Josefa
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Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
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Percepció
Conceptes
Philosophy of mind
Perception
Concepts
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spelling Compositionality, Iconicity, and Perceptual NonconceptualismToribio Mateas, JosefaFilosofia de la mentPercepcióConceptesPhilosophy of mindPerceptionConceptsThis paper concerns the role of the structural properties of representations in determining the nature of their content. I take as a starting point Fodor's (2007) and Heck's (2007) recent arguments making the iconic structure of perceptual representations essential in establishing their content as content of a different (nonconceptual) kind. I argue that the prima facie state / content error this strategy seems to display is nothing but a case of 'state/content error error', i.e., the mistake of considering that the properties that characterize the type of content certain representations have are indeed independent of their structural properties. I also consider another objection to the general strategy, namely that it falls short of showing that the nonconceptual content of perceptual experiences thus established is the kind of content that figures in true explanations of intentional behavior. I concede this point in respect of Fodor's version of the strategy, while denying that it has any bearing on Heck's approach. The success of this objection in Heck's case ultimately depends, I argue, upon an unjustified commitment to a certain empirically suspect model of perception.Taylor and Francis2011info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/161924Articles publicats en revistes (Filosofia)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2011.558836Philosophical Psychology, 2011, vol. 24, num. 2, p. 177-193https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2011.558836(c) Taylor and Francis, 2011info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1619242026-05-27T06:46:51Z
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title Compositionality, Iconicity, and Perceptual Nonconceptualism
spellingShingle Compositionality, Iconicity, and Perceptual Nonconceptualism
Toribio Mateas, Josefa
Filosofia de la ment
Percepció
Conceptes
Philosophy of mind
Perception
Concepts
title_short Compositionality, Iconicity, and Perceptual Nonconceptualism
title_full Compositionality, Iconicity, and Perceptual Nonconceptualism
title_fullStr Compositionality, Iconicity, and Perceptual Nonconceptualism
title_full_unstemmed Compositionality, Iconicity, and Perceptual Nonconceptualism
title_sort Compositionality, Iconicity, and Perceptual Nonconceptualism
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Toribio Mateas, Josefa
author Toribio Mateas, Josefa
author_facet Toribio Mateas, Josefa
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Filosofia de la ment
Percepció
Conceptes
Philosophy of mind
Perception
Concepts
topic Filosofia de la ment
Percepció
Conceptes
Philosophy of mind
Perception
Concepts
description This paper concerns the role of the structural properties of representations in determining the nature of their content. I take as a starting point Fodor's (2007) and Heck's (2007) recent arguments making the iconic structure of perceptual representations essential in establishing their content as content of a different (nonconceptual) kind. I argue that the prima facie state / content error this strategy seems to display is nothing but a case of 'state/content error error', i.e., the mistake of considering that the properties that characterize the type of content certain representations have are indeed independent of their structural properties. I also consider another objection to the general strategy, namely that it falls short of showing that the nonconceptual content of perceptual experiences thus established is the kind of content that figures in true explanations of intentional behavior. I concede this point in respect of Fodor's version of the strategy, while denying that it has any bearing on Heck's approach. The success of this objection in Heck's case ultimately depends, I argue, upon an unjustified commitment to a certain empirically suspect model of perception.
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