The Logic of Perception

by Irvin Rock

Book Overview

The theory of visual perception that Irvin Rock develops and supports in this book with numerous original experiments, views perception as the outcome of a process of unconscious inference, problem solving, and the building of structural descriptions of the external world. It is a radical departure from his earlier work and contrasts with traditional perceptual theories like those of James J. Gibson or the Gestalt view. Rock experiments with a series...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262680459
• ISBN13: 9780262680455
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.