David S. Webster (1994) Sensory Modalities and Concept Formation
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Psycoloquy 5(31): Sensory Modalities and Concept Formation
SENSORY MODALITIES AND CONCEPT FORMATION
Commentary on Sheets-Johnstone on Evolution-Thinking
David S. Webster
Department of Psychology
University of Durham
Durham DH1 3LE United Kingdom
D.S.Webster@durham.ac.uk
Abstract
Sheets-Johnstone (1994) propounds the view that tactile-
kinaesthetic sense is more fundamental to the construction of
concepts than of visual perception. The present commentary calls
attention to the experience of teaching infants/children deaf (and
therefore dumb) and blind from birth.
Keywords
analogical thinking, animate form, concepts, evolution,
tactile-kinesthetic body.
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