Philosophy of Perception: A Contemporary Introduction

ISBN-13: 9781138485433 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 276 str.

New Zealand) Fish William (Massey University

Opis

Fish introduces the subject thematically, covering vision and other senses. He sets out the major theories together with their motivations and problems. While providing historical background to debates, the focus is on recent presentations and defenses of theories. This new edition includes two new chapters.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  Part I: Philosophical Theories of Visual Perception  2. Sense Datum Theories  3. The Representational Principle and Intentional Theories  4. Adverbialism and Qualia Theories  5. Naïve Realism  Part II: The Philosophy of Perception and the Sciences of the Mind  6. The Philosophy of Perception and Vision Science  7. Color, Color Vision, and Color Science  8. Perception and the Nonvisual Sense Modalities  9. Multimodality