Gestalt isomorphism and the primacy of the subjective perceptual experience
Steven Lehar
Behavioral and Brain Sciences December 1, 1998 DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x9839175x (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that isomorphism implies subjective experience is a valid source of evidence for neurophysiological information, and that this invalidates the abstractionist claim that neural representations can be lower-dimensional than the percept. |
Abstract
The Gestalt principle of isomorphism reveals the primacy of subjective experience as a valid source of evidence for the information encoded neurophysiologically. This theory invalidates the abstractionist view that the neurophysiological representation can be of lower dimensionality than the percept to which it gives rise.