Abstract
Chapter 9 begins by arguing that all perceptual attributives are iconic. The notions of iconic representation and iconic information registration are explained. The iconic structure of perceptual representational content is a specific instance of the noun-phrase-like determiner-governed form of perceptual content discussed in earlier chapters. Evidence for relations between iconic relations among visual receptors, visual field maps in the brain, non-representational information registration, and perceptual content, on one hand, and aspects of the environment, on the other, are discussed in connection with perceptual iconic spatial representation. Temporal, qualitative, and other aspects of perceptual iconic representation are outlined. Ways of thinking about iconicity that do not center on exercises of capacities are criticized. The chapter explores relations between iconic representation in perception and iconic representation in thought. It develops aspects of part–whole representation in perception and in realist pictures. Iconic perceptual representation is compositional, as a consequence of its basic noun-phrase-like attributional structure. The fact that vision depends on mapping an array of surfaces deepens understanding of the iconicity of visual representation. Despite the stupendous complexity of perceptual representation, it is tractable for a psychological system because of its iconic nature.
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