Problems for the Purported Cognitive Penetration of Perceptual Color Experience and Macpherson's Proposed Mechanism

Fiona Macpherson (2012) argues that various experimental results provide strong evidence in favor of the cognitive penetration of perceptual color experience. Moreover, she proposes a mechanism for how such cognitive penetration occurs. We argue, first, that the results on which Macpherson relies do...

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Veröffentlicht in:Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic and Communication Logic and Communication, 2014-12, Vol.9 (1)
Hauptverfasser: Kaplan, Elizabeth, Gross, Steven, Menendez, Jorge Aurelio, Flombaum, Jonathan, Chaisilprungraung, Thitaporn
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Zusammenfassung:Fiona Macpherson (2012) argues that various experimental results provide strong evidence in favor of the cognitive penetration of perceptual color experience. Moreover, she proposes a mechanism for how such cognitive penetration occurs. We argue, first, that the results on which Macpherson relies do not provide strong grounds for her claim of cognitive penetrability; and, second, that, if the results do reflect cognitive penetrability, then time-course considerations raise worries for her proposed mechanism. We base our arguments in part on several of our own experiments, reported herein.
ISSN:1944-3676
1944-3676
DOI:10.4148/1944-3676.1085