Chapter 1: The Two Worlds of Reality
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The Philosophical Divide in Theories of Vision
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Kant's Insight into the Dual Nature of Reality
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Introspective Retrogression
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A Double Mental Image Reflects Two Worlds of Reality
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The Radar Controller Analogy
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An Analogical Paradigm of Representation
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The Plotting Room Analogy
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An Analogical Algorithm
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Analogical v.s. Sequential Logic
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The Differential Analyzer
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Internal v.s. External Representation
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Symbol Grounding by Spatial Analogy
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Structural Properties of the Spatial Mode
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Functional Properties of the Spatial Model
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Abstract Thought and Cognition
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Neurophysiological Considerations
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Harmonic Resonance Theory
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A Psycho-Aesthetic Hypothesis
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Chapter 2: The Dimensions of Conscious Experience
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Perceptual Modeling v.s. Neural Modeling
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The Psychophysical Postulate
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The Gestalt Principle of Isomorphism
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Introspection and the Structuralist Tradition
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A Quantitative Phenomenology
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The Cartesian Theatre and the Homunculus Problem
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Bounded Nature of the Perceptual World
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The Phenomenon of Perspective
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The Embodied Percipient
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Chapter 3: The Enigma of Gestalt Phenomena
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Wertheimer's Laws of Perceptual Grouping
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Emergence
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Reification
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Multistability
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Invariance
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Brain Anchoring
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Amodal Perception
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Perception Outside the Visual Field
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Making Sense of Gestalt Phenomena
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Plausibility Considerations
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Chapter 4: The Computational Mechanism of Perception
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General Principles of the Perceptual Transformation
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A Gestalt Bubble Model
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Surface Percept Interpolation
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Local Effects of a Visual Edge
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Global Effects of Configurations of Edges
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Vertices and Intersections
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Perspective Cues
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Bounding the Representation
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Binocular and Multi-ocular Vision
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Chapter 5: The Perception of Illumination
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Fundamental Ambiguities in Reflected Light Imagery
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Brightness, Lightness, and Illuminance
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The Perception of Illumination
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Reverse Ray-Tracing
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The Perception of Global Illumination
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A Parallel Relaxation
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General Properties
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Chapter 6: Recognition v.s. Completion, Abstraction v.s. Reification
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Pattern Completion by Information Theory
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Pattern Completion in Three Dimensions
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Completion Behind the Head
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Abstraction as Derivative, Reification as Integral
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Invariance
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Encoding Higher Order Patterns of Spatial Structure
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Chapter 7: Relation to Neurophysiology
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Relating the Perceptual Model to Neurophysiology
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The Architect's Model in the Lobby
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Coupling Between Cortical Areas
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Functional Isomorphism and the Homonculus Problem
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A Non-Anchored Representation of Spatial Structure
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Volumetric Space in Flat Cortex
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Chapter 8: Harmonic Resonance Theory
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General Properties of Harmonic Resonance
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Emergence in Harmonic Resonance
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Harmonic Resonance in the Brain
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Physiological and Psychophysical Evidence
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Standing Waves v.s. Receptive Fields
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Harmonic Resonance Coding of Spatial Pattern
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Recognition by Reification
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Rotation Invariance in Recognition and Completion
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Three-Dimensional Spatial Structure
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Dynamic Pattern Formation
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Resonant Tissue
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Gestalt Properties of Resonance
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Chapter 9: Image Theory of Language and Cognition
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The Imagery Debate
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The Structure of Language
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Evolution of Language in Man
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Development of Language in the Child
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Prosody
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Metaphor
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Grammatical Flex
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Meaning
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Mental Imagery as a Basis for Language
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The Nature of Mental Imagery
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Which Image to Represent a Concept?
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The Representation of Abstract Concepts
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Manipulation of Mental Images
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Imagery and Grammar
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Language Generation
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Attention
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Conditional Statements
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Chapter 10: Motor Control and Field Theory
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The Generality of the Motor Code
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The Backhoe Analogy
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Field Theory of Motor Control
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Field Theory of Posture
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Field Theory of Balance
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A Field Theory of Locomotion
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Object Oriented Motor Control
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Combinations of Motor Primitives
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Synchronized dance and military drill
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Field Theory of Navigation
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Long Range Navigation
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Chapter 11: A Psycho-Aesthetic Hypothesis
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The Biological Component of Culture
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Common Properties Across the Arts
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A Periodic Basis Set
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The Missing Fundamental Phenomenon
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Symmetry v.s Periodicity, Relative v.s. Absolute
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Balance in Visual Art
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A Hierarchical Progression in Art
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Spirituality and the Paranormal
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Psychedelic and Mystical Experience
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Left-Brained v.s. Right-Brained Thought
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Future Work
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