Kicking the Kohler habit

Colin Klein

doi:10.1080/09515080701549330

Kicking the Kohler habit

Colin Klein^*

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Abstract

Kohler's experiments with inverting goggles are often thought to support enactivism by showing that visual re-inversion occurs simultaneous with the return of sensorimotor skill. Closer examination reveals that Kohler's work does not show this. Recent work by Linden et al. shows that re-inversion, if it occurs at all, does not occur when the enactivist predicts. As such, the empirical evidence weighs against enactivism.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	609-619
Number of pages	11
Journal	Philosophical Psychology
Volume	20
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09515080701549330
Publication status	Published - Oct 2007
Externally published	Yes

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