Thomas Reid and the Problem of Secondary Qualities

ISBN-13: 9781474417846 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 192 str.

Christopher Shrock

Opis

With a new reading of Thomas Reid on primary and secondary qualities, Christopher A. Shrock illuminates the Common Sense theory of perception. Shrock follow's Reid's lead in defending common sense philosophy against the problem of secondary qualities, which claims that our perceptions are only experiences in our brains, not of the world.

Spis treści

I: Why Secondary Qualities are a Problem; 1. Why Direct Realism?; 2. General Exposition of the Problem of Secondary Qualities; 3. Why Direct Realism Needs Objective Secondary Qualities; II: How Thomas Reid Solves the Problem; 4. Primary and Secondary Qualities in Reid’s Theory of Perception; 5. Answering the Problem of Secondary Qualities; 6. Understanding Reid’s Distinction; III: Eight Objections with Replies; 7. Scientific Objections; 8. Philosophical Objections; 9. A Historical Objection; 10. Conclusion.