The Sphere Of Attention Context and Margin
The phone call came mid-afternoon in February of 1996. The program chair for the annual meeting for the Southern Society of Philosophy and Psychology wanted to make sure he had the facts right. “This is somewhat unusual…” he began. “You’re a philosophy pr
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO PHENOMENOLOGY IN COOPERATION WITH THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH IN PHENOMENOLOGY
Volume 54
Editor: John J. Drummond, Fordham University
Editorial Board:
Elizabeth A. Behnke, Ferndale, WA, USA David Carr, Emory University Steven Galt Crowell, Rice University Lester Embree, Florida Atlantic University Burt Hopkins, Seattle University José Huertas-Jourda, Wilfrid Laurier University Joseph J. Kockelmans, The Pennsylvania State University William R. McKenna, Miami University Algis Mickunas, Ohio University J. N. Mohanty, Temple University Tom Nenon, The University of Memphis Thomas M. Seebohm, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz Gail Soffer, Rome, Italy Richard M. Zaner, Rome, Italy
Scope The purpose of this series is to foster the development of phenomenological philosophy through creative research. Contemporary issues in philosophy, other disciplines and in culture generally, offer opportunities for the application of phenomenological methods that call for creative responses. Although the work of several generations of thinkers has provided phenomenology with many results with which to approach these challenges, a truly successful response to them will require building on this work with new analyses and methodological innovations.
THE SPHERE OF ATTENTION Context and Margin
by
P. SVEN ARVIDSON Seattle University, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
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Table of Contents PREFACE........................................................................................................................ ix CHAPTER 1: THE SPHERE OF ATTENTION IS THEME, CONTEXT, AND MARGIN.................................................................1 Theme is Central Focus ...............................................................................................3 Thematic Context is Relevancy ...................................................................................5 Margin is Streaming, Body, and Environing World ....................................................6 The Field vs. Sphere Metaphor of Attention ...............................................................9 Problems of Context in Psychology and Cognitive Science..................................... 13 CHAPTER 2: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FOR THE SPHERE OF A
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