
"Perception is not something that happens to us, or in us," writes Alva No . "It is something we do." In Action in Perception, No argues that perception and perceptual consciousness depend on capacities for action and thought--that perception is a kind of thoughtful activity...

This book presents an argument that perception is something we do, not something that happens to us: not a process in the brain, but a skillful bodily activity. Perception is not something that happens to us, or in us, writes Alva Noe. It is something we do. In Action in Perception,...