RE A REAL SCIENCE OF MIND NYT THE STONE EDITORIAL

'PERCEPTUAL PSYCHOLOGY'

'The difference between functional correlation and representational accuracy is signaled by the fact that scientific explanations of light-sensitivity in plants or bacteria invoke functional correlation, but not states capable of accuracy. Talk of accuracy would be a rhetorical afterthought. States capable of accuracy are what vision science is fundamentally about.'

Helpful distinctions here, for those who can follow it. Implications in many directions. Still a little reductionistic, in subtle ways, it seems to me, but hey, what specialization isn't, and efforts to cross fields are evident.

See also John Cleese, referred to in the article:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M-vnmejwXo

cf also my post re my undergrad thesis re Wittgenstein, psychology of perception, Gombrich, aesthetics, metaphysics, epistemology, mind, etc.

One might 'term search' some of these terms, using Bing at upper left, on this site..............