Border Disputes: Recent Debates along the Perception–Cognition Border
Philosophy Compass May 28, 2023 S. Clarke, Jacob Beck 11 citations
The distinction between perception and cognition is central to many debates in philosophy and cognitive science, but its actual basis remains unclear. This introductory article summarizes recent work on the question, first considering the possibility that the perception-cognition border should be eliminated from scientific ontology. It then introduces and critically examines five positive approaches to marking such a border, framed in terms of phenomenology, revisability, modularity, format, and stimulus-dependence.