TY - JOUR
AU - Andrews, Kristin
AB - Book Reviews 959 in the way a camera passively registers light. But real perception is not like this. It is an exploratory activity in which an organism strives to position and reposition its sensory organs to acquire information about the surrounding world. Each sensory modality is characterized by distinctive patterns of sen- sorimotor interaction with the environment. Movements, sensations, and features of the environment change in response to one another in law-like ways that SC theorists call ‘sensorimotor contingencies’ or ‘sensorimotor expectations’. The taste of espresso, the look of a red wall — these and other conscious experiences consist not in the possession of inner represen- tations, but in the various things organisms do with objects in their envir- onments, the various ways they exploit their tacit knowledge of sensorimotor contingencies to navigate their way through the world. There might be good reasons for rejecting SC theory, and perhaps there are ways that HOT, HOP, and representational theorists can exploit its insights. Either way it would have been nice to have heard more from Platchias on the potential threats and opportunities SC theory presents. Philosophy Department WILLIAM JAWORSKI Fordham University th 113 W. 60 Street New York, NY 10023 
TI - Personhood, Ethics, and Animal Cognition: Situating Animals in Hares Two-Level Utilitarianism, by Gary E. VarnerThe Philosophy of Animal Minds, edited by Robert W. Lurz
JF - Mind
DO - 10.1093/mind/fzu128
DA - 2014-07-22
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/personhood-ethics-and-animal-cognition-situating-animals-in-hares-two-e6AD361ter
SP - 959
EP - 966
VL - 123
IS - 491
DP - DeepDyve
ER -