Emergent forms origins and early development of human action and perception
While it is often assumed that behavioural development must be based upon both physical law and the biological principles of morphogenesis and selection, forging a link between these disciplines has remained an elusive goal. This book addresses the question of how familiar human functional acts - ea...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press
1995.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Oxford scholarship online.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009797977206719 |
| Summary: | While it is often assumed that behavioural development must be based upon both physical law and the biological principles of morphogenesis and selection, forging a link between these disciplines has remained an elusive goal. This book addresses the question of how familiar human functional acts - eating, walking, manipulating objects, smiling, etc. - emerge during infancy due to both intrinsic dynamics and selective processes. The central thesis of the book is that during perceptually guided spontaneous activity, a variety of biodynamic devices for doing different kinds of work are assembled and adapted to specific tasks. Following the introductory chapters, which explore principles from the fields of dynamics and ecological psychology, the author introduces a theory of the development of action systems based upon both self-organisation in complex systems and perceptually guided selective processes. |
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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-351) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780197735268 9781280533594 9780195357370 |
