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Publisher: Springer

Place: Berlin

Year: 2014

Pages: 175-187

ISBN (Hardback): 9783319051062

Full citation:

, "Basic pretending as sensorimotor engagement?", in: Contemporary sensorimotor theory, Berlin, Springer, 2014

Abstract

This paper explores whether the sensorimotor theory of perception (SMTP) might contribute to a de-intellectualized understanding of pretence. It applies SMTP to Currie's [3], [4] notion of perceptual seeing-in that underlies the capacity to make imaginative transformations (seeing-as). This account bypasses manipulation of representational contents off-line, and argues that the relevant work might done by on-line, sensory imaginings stemming directly from perception. This novel position is supported with augmented theory of affordances and an account of directly perceived meaning. Ultimately, the paper proposes a less intellectualist approach than Currie's to object-substitution pretend play of young children, setting the stage for an enactive theory of basic pretence.

Publication details

Publisher: Springer

Place: Berlin

Year: 2014

Pages: 175-187

ISBN (Hardback): 9783319051062

Full citation:

, "Basic pretending as sensorimotor engagement?", in: Contemporary sensorimotor theory, Berlin, Springer, 2014