192 Pages
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Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
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
Biography
Barry Maund
