The Perceived self : ecological and interpersonal sources of self-knowledge / edited by Ulric Neisser.
Material type: TextSeries: Emory symposia in cognition ; 5.Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1993Description: 1 online resource (ix, 321 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780511664007 (ebook)
- 155.2 20
- BF697.5.S43 P47 1993
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This book brings different ideas to bear on the classical problem of the self. Self-perception, both ecological and social, is the earliest and most fundamental form of self-knowledge. In his introduction, Ulric Neisser describes the 'ecological self' as based on direct and realistic perception of one's situation in the environment; the 'interpersonal self' as established by social interaction with other people. He argues that both of these 'selves' appear in early infancy, long before anything like a self-concept or a self-narrative is possible. In subsequent chapters, fifteen contributors - psychologists, philosophers and others - elaborate on these notions and introduce related ideas of their own. Their topics range from the perceptual and social development of infants to autism and blindness; from mechanisms of motor control to dance and non-verbal communication. The combined contributions of these leading individuals creates an unusual synthesis of perceptual, social and developmental theory.
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