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Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
neuroscientist · 2 mentions across 1 reading
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Ramachandran is a neuroscientist known for work on vision and perception that bridges cognitive science with philosophical questions about how the brain constructs reality. His utilitarian theory of perception—the idea that visual systems evolved to solve practical problems of survival and action rather than to achieve objective truth—appears in the readings as a foundational framework for understanding how artificial systems might similarly prioritize functional utility over veridical representation. This concept is crucial for the seminar's exploration of how both biological and machine intelligence are fundamentally constrained and shaped by their adaptive purposes rather than by any neutral access to the world.
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