Perception

ISBN-13: 9781902683607 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 192 str.

Barry Maund

Opis

The philosophical issues raised by perception make it one of the central topics in the philosophical tradition. Debate about the nature of perceptual knowledge and the objects of perception comprises a thread that runs through the history of philosophy. In some historical periods the major issues have been predominantly epistemological and related to scepticism, but an adequate understanding of perception is important more widely, especially for metaphysics and the philosophy of mind. For this reason Barry Maund provides an account of the major issues in the philosophy of perception that highlights the importance of a good theory of perception in a range of philosophical fields, while also seeking to be sensitive to the historical dimension of the subject. The work presents chapters on forms of natural realism; theories of perceptual experience; representationalism; the argument from illusion; phenomenological senses; types of perceptual content; the representationalist/intentionalist thesis; and adverbialist accounts of perceptual experience.

Spis treści

Preface 1. The philosophy of perception 2. A theory of natural realism 3. Theories of perceptual experiences 4. Representationalism: representations as natural signs 5. Natural realism: Putnam, Austin and Heidegger 6. Perception: the argument from illusion 7. The phenomenal and phenomenological senses of "looks" 8. Types of perceptual content 9. The representationalist-intentionalist thesis 10. Adverbialist accounts of perceptual experience Conclusion Notes References Index

O autorze

Barry Maund