A01=Barry Maund
Act Object Analysis
Act Object Structure
advanced perception theory research
Adverbialist Account
Author_Barry Maund
Category=QD
Category=QDTK
Category=QDTM
character
cognitive science theory
consciousness studies
datum
Demonstrative Identification
direct
epistemology of perception
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indirect
Indirect Realism
Intentionalist Thesis
Intrinsic Phenomenal Qualities
Kinaesthetic Perception
McDowell's Account
McDowell’s Account
metaphysics of mind
naturalistic philosophy
Non-conceptual Content
Nonconceptual Component
Nonconceptual Content
object
perceptual knowledge scepticism
phenomenal
Phenomenal Character
Phenomenal Item
Phenomenal Principle
Phenomenal Sense
Phenomenal States
Phenomenological Sense
physical
realism
Representational Content
Representationalist Thesis
Representative Theory
sense
Sense Data Theories
theory
Veridical Perception
Vice Versa
Yellow Hoop
Product details
- ISBN 9781902683607
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 30 Apr 2003
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 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. The ideas of, among others, Austin, Dretske, Heidegger, Millikan, Putnam and Robinson are considered and the reader is given a philosophical framework within which to consider the issues.
Barry Maund is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Western Australia.
