Abstract
Perception, theory, and the mistaken mind
Highlights
What do we know and how do we know it? These are the weighty questions posed by Viki McCabe in her recent book, Coming to Our Senses: Perceiving Complexity to Avoid Catastrophes
McCabe’s central argument hinges on the idea that valuable clues about natural systems are revealed through structural information, or patterns that characterize everything from the branching tree limb to the spiraling whirlpool
We try to translate structural information into symbols such as words or to mentally break complex systems down into their component parts, but McCabe argues that these abstractions and deconstructions can’t wholly capture nature’s intricacy and dynamism
Summary
A book review on Coming to Our Senses: Perceiving Complexity to Avoid Catastrophes These are the weighty questions posed by Viki McCabe in her recent book, Coming to Our Senses: Perceiving Complexity to Avoid Catastrophes. It highlights how decision makers went wrong and draws grand conclusions about the nature of human perception and mental representation.
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