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Action without attention

Author(s) -

Carolyn Dicey Jennings,

Bence Nánay

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

analysis

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.452

H-Index - 45

eISSN - 1467-8284

pISSN - 0003-2638

DOI - 10.1093/analys/anu096

Subject(s) - action (physics) , typology , epistemology , cognitive science , computer science , psychology , sociology , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , anthropology

Wayne Wu argues that attention is necessary for action: since action requires a solution to the ‘Many–Many Problem’, and since only attention can solve the Many–Many Problem, attention is necessary for action. We question the first of these two steps and argue that it is based on an oversimplified distinction between actions and reflexes. We argue for a more complex typology of behaviours where one important category is action that does not require a solution to the Many–Many Problem, and so does not require attention.

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