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Gestalt isomorphism and the primacy of the subjective perceptual experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1998

Steven Lehar
Steven Lehar
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14 Crocked Lane, Manchester, MA 01944 slehar@cns.bu.edu cns-alumni.bu.edu/pub/slehar/Lehar.html
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Abstract

The Gestalt principle of isomorphism reveals the primacy of subjective experience as a valid source of evidence for the information encoded neurophysiologically. This theory invalidates the abstractionist view that the neurophysiological representation can be of lower dimensionality than the percept to which it gives rise.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 6 , December 1998 , pp. 763 - 764
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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