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Experience: a) reflected perception, which can be compared with prior perceptions and can be processed linguistically. See also events, perception, sensations, empiricism.
b) an event that is processed in the consciousness of a subject. No mere imagination. See also events, imagination, consciousness.

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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
Author Concept Summary/Quotes Sources

Chris Frith on Experience - Dictionary of Arguments

I 53
Seeing/focus/Frith: we see only a surprisingly small section of a scene (e.g. I 52).
I 54
Change blindness/Rensink/Frith: a changed detail only attracts our attention by chance.
I 56
Brain: the brain knows that the overall scene is not blurred (even if the eye is only fixed on a small section).
Experience/Frith: thesis: therefore, our experience of a detailed visual world is rather an experience of different possibilities than what is already represented in our brain.
I 107
Experience/Frith: how can we be sure of our own experiences?
>Deceptions.


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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Frith I
Chris Frith
Making up the Mind: How the Brain Creates Our Mental World, Hoboken/NJ 2007
German Edition:
Wie unser Gehirn die Welt erschafft Heidelberg 2013


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