Abstract:

I present a view of conscious perception that supposes a processual unity between the activity in the brain and the perceived event in the external world. I use the rainbow to provide a first example, and subsequently extend the same rationale to more complex examples such as perception of objects, faces and movements. I use a process-based approach as an explanation of ordinary perception and other variants, such as illusions, memory, dreams and mental imagery. This approach provides new insights into the problem of conscious representation and phenomenal consciousness. It is a form of anti- cranialism different from but related to other kinds of externalism.

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: KTEL, Institute of Human and Environmental Sciences, IULM, Via Carlo Bo, 1, 20143, Milan, Italy, Email: riccardo.manzotti@iulm.it