Problems for the Purported Cognitive Penetration of Perceptual Color Experience and Macpherson’s Proposed Mechanism

Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic and Communication

Gross, Steven¹  Menendez, Jorge Aurelio¹  Flombaum, Jonathan¹  Chaisilprungraung, Thitaporn¹  Kaplan, Elizabeth¹ 

[1] Johns Hopkins University, USA$$Johns Hopkins University, USAJohns Hopkins University, USA$$

关键词: perceptual color experience;    cognitive penetration;    color perception;   

DOI  :  10.4148/1944-3676.1085

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: New Prairie Press

【 摘 要 】

Fiona Macpherson (2012) argues that various experimental results provide strong evidence in favor of the cognitive penetration of perceptual color experience. Moreover, she proposes a mechanism for how such cognitive penetration occurs. We argue, first, that the results on which Macpherson relies do not provide strong grounds for her claim of cognitive penetrability; and, second, that, if the results do reflect cognitive penetrability, then time-course considerations raise worries for her proposed mechanism. We base our arguments in part on several of our own experiments, reported herein.

【 授权许可】

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