First published in 1982, this book looked at current issues in theoretical and cognitive psychology. The major concern for all the contributors was with the construction of a psychology of the higher mental processes through the evaluation of and improvement upon past efforts and the exploration of related areas for relevant new ideas.

Walter B. Weimer and David S. Palermo

Preface. 1. Observational Perspective and Descriptive Level in Perceiving and Acting Carol A. Fowler and Michael T. Turvey 2. The Need for Complementarity in Models of Cognitive Behavior: A Response to Fowler and Turvey H. H. Pattee 3. Fowler-Turvey-Pattee Discussion 4. Meaning John Macnamara 5. Macnamara Discussion 6. Presentationalism: Toward a Self-Reflective Psychological Theory James E. Martin 7. On Listening: What Does Rhetoric Have to Say to Cognitive Psychology? Carroll C. Arnold 8. Argument and Intellectual Change: Comments in the Context of Arnold's Chapter Charles N. Cofer 9. Arnold-Cofer Discussion 10. Ecological Psychology: The Consequence of a Commitment to Realism Robert Shaw, M. T. Turvey and William Mace 11. Gibson-Shaw Discussion 12. Hayek's Approach to the Problems of Complex Phenomena: An Introduction to the Theoretical Psychology of The Sensory Order Walter B. Weimer 13. The Sensory Order After 25 Years F. A. Hayek 14. Categorical Perception: A Contractual Approach Dennis R. Proffitt and Terry Halwes 15. Weimer-Hayek Discussion 16. Ambiguity and the Future of Psychology: Meditations Leibniziennes Walter B. Weimer 17. Reflections on the Place of Brain in the Ecology of Mind Karl H. Pribam. Author Index. Subject Index.