The Eye and the Mind: Reflections on Perception and the Problem of Knowledge

ISBN-13: 9789048143436 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 162 str.

C. Landesman

Opis

This book explains our common-sense understanding of perception and then defends a representative theory of perception as an alternative form of understanding more in accord with the results of science. It also argues against color realism and defends the view that nothing has color. This view is color skepticism. A chapter is devoted to defending color skepticism against a number of objections. The book ends with a discussion of our concept of knowledge and attempts to show that the representative theory of perception is not as vulnerable to skeptical arguments as has been assumed. The book will be of interest to students and teachers of philosophy. It is written in a clear and self-contained manner and is accessible to the general reader as well as to those with well-developed philosophical interests.

Spis treści

Preface. 1. Understanding Vision: Common Sense vs. Science. 2. The Subjective Turn and the Problem of Transparency. 3. Cognitive Theories of Sensation and Perception: a Critique. 4. A Representative Theory of Sensation. 5. Color Subjectively Considered. 6. Color Objectively Considered. 7. Objections to Color Skepticism. 8. Knowledge and Perception. Index.