Neuroscience
3 years ago

Visual Anticipations Solve Major Philosophy of Perception Problems

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The Question of Content
Michael Madary

Paper Summary

The article discusses different ideas about what visual thoughts are made of. It argues against the common belief that visual thoughts are like sentences in our minds. Some people even say visual thoughts don't exist at all. The article shows how a new idea about visual thoughts can help solve some big problems in how we understand seeing things.

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