Constancy Mechanisms and the Normativity of Perception

In this essay, we draw on John Haugeland’s work in order to argue that Burge is wrong to think that exercises of perceptual constancy mechanisms suffice for perceptual representation. Although Haugeland did not live to read or respond to Burge’s Origins of Objectivity, we think that his work contains resources that can be developed into a critique of the very foundation of Burge’s approach. Specifically, we identify two related problems for Burge. First, if (what Burge calls) mere sensory responses are not representational, then neither are exercises of constancy mechanisms, since the differences between them do not suffice to imply that one is representational and the other is not. Second, taken by themselves, exercises of constancy mechanisms are only derivatively representational, so merely understanding how they work is not sufficient for understanding what is required for something, in itself, to be representational (and thereby provide a full solution to the problem of perceptual representation)

Bengkel netwon usaha tambah baik kualiti hidup Orang Asli belum

GRIK (BELUM) – Kumpulan Kejuruteraan Air, Jabatan Kejuruteraan Awam, Fakulti Kejuruteraan, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) menganjurkan bengkel mengenalpasti masalah Orang Asli di Kampung Sungai Kejar dan Kampung Sungai Tiang, Hutan Belum, Perak

Comparing Semantic Fluency in American Sign Language and English

Published: 04 May 2018This study investigated the impact of language modality and age of acquisition on semantic fluency in American Sign Language (ASL) and English. Experiment 1 compared semantic fluency performance (e.g., name as many animals as possible in one minute) for deaf native and early ASL signers and hearing monolingual English speakers. The results showed similar fluency scores in both modalities when fingerspelled responses were included for ASL. Experiment 2 compared ASL and English fluency scores in hearing native and late ASL-English bilinguals. Semantic fluency scores were higher in English (the dominant language) than ASL (the non-dominant language), regardless of age of ASL acquisition. Fingerspelling was relatively common in all groups of signers and was used primarily for low-frequency items. We conclude that semantic fluency is sensitive to language dominance and that performance can be compared across the spoken and signed modality, but fingerspelled responses should be included in ASL fluency scores.This work was supported by National Institutes of Health [HD047736 to K.E. and SDSU]

The NPR1-dependent salicylic acid signalling pathway is pivotal for enhanced salt and oxidative stress tolerance in Arabidopsis

NPR1-dependent salicylic acid signalling controls sodium entry into the roots while preventing potassium loss through depolarization-activated outward-rectifying potassium and ROS-activated non-selective cation channels during salt and oxidative stresse

Physiological detection of water and nitrogen deprivation

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Pendidikan sebagai faktor dinamisasi dan integrasi sosial

Kalau pada zaman kolonial golongan feodalistis dan golongan ambtenaar mendapat kedudukan tinggi dalam status sosial, maka pada dasawarsa pertama sesudah kemerdekaan teijadi pencairan internal sehingga golongan yang berpendidikan dan golongan pejuang mendapat status sosial yang tinggi sebagai akibat dari mobilitas sosial. Dengan meratanya memperoleh kesempatan pendidikan yang berakibat mobilitas sosial, integrasi sosial semakin efektif yang dampaknya positif terhadap persatuan dan kesatuan bangsa