Replying to John Hanna in LO29406 --
John writes:
>There is another line of research, Ecological Psychology, which seeks the
>same understanding about "How do we know the external world?", but which
>presents an alternative (and I think more current) explanation: Perception
>and Action is direct and primary, thought is not representational, nor
>does the brain work like an "information processing" system. I believe it
>would reject the idea that "internal" Mental Models exist. Rather, "MM"s
>(as documented) are just another form of "external" communications between
>actors about something.
>
>Interestingly, none of the key people related to this are mentioned in
>your MM references, such as James Gibson, George Lakoff, Mark Johnson,
>Michael Turvey, Peter Kugler, Esther Thelen, Scott Kelso, Horst
>Hendriks-Jansen, Gerald Edelman, Walter Freeman, and many others.
>
>I suppose the "information processing model of mind" is so engrained and
>tacitly assumed, that the assumptions or basis for things like Mental
>Models is not often considered or questioned.
That is why I questioned them. Can you say some more about Ecological
Psychology or point me to some web sites or papers available on the web?
Thanks.
Fred Nickols
nickols@safe-t.net
www.nickols.us
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