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Author : Richard A. Fumerton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Metaphysical and Epistemological Problems of Perception written by Richard A. Fumerton and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard A. Fumerton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780783768823
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (688 download)
Download or read book Metaphysical and Epistemological Problems of Perception written by Richard A. Fumerton and published by . This book was released on with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ali Hasan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472526570
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)
Download or read book A Critical Introduction to the Epistemology of Perception written by Ali Hasan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-23 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We ordinarily take it as obvious that we acquire knowledge of our world on the basis of sensory perception, and that such knowledge plays a central cognitive and practical role in our lives. Upon reflection, however, it is far from obvious what perception involves and how exactly it contributes to our knowledge. Indeed, skeptical arguments have led some to question whether we have any knowledge, or even rational or justified belief, regarding the world outside our minds. Investigating the nature and scope of our perceptual knowledge and perceptually justified belief, A Critical Introduction to the Epistemology of Perception provides an accessible and engaging introduction to a flourishing area of philosophy. Before introducing and evaluating the main theories in the epistemology of perception, Ali Hasan sets the stage with a discussion of skepticism, realism, and idealism in early modern philosophy, theories of perceptual experience (sense-datum theory, adverbialism, intentionalism, and metaphysical disjunctivism), and central controversies in general epistemology. Hasan then surveys the main theories in the contemporary debate, including coherentism, abductivism, phenomenal conservatism or dogmatism, reliabilism, and epistemological disjunctivism, presenting the motivations and primary objections to each. Hasan also shows how to avoid confusing metaphysical issues with epistemological ones, and identifies interesting connections between the epistemology and metaphysics of perception. For students in epistemology or the philosophy of perception looking to better understand the central questions, concepts, and debates shaping contemporary epistemology, A Critical Introduction to the Epistemology of Perception is essential reading.
Author : Barry Maund
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317489527
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book Perception written by Barry Maund and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : C. Landesman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780792325864
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (258 download)
Download or read book The Eye and the Mind written by C. Landesman and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1993-10-31 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a discussion of some of the major philosophical problems centering around the topic of sense perception and the foundations of human knowledge. It begins with a characterization of our common sense understanding of the role of the senses in the acquisition of belief, and it argues that scientific accounts of the processes of perception undermine salient parts of this understanding. The naive point of view of direct realism cannot be sustained in the light of a scientifically instructed understanding of perception. This critique of direct realism points to the correctness of the representative theory of perception characteristic of such early modem philosophers as Descartes and Locke, and it also endorses the subjective tum that they defended. It argues that these positions do not require introducing sense data into the picture, and thus it avoids the intractable problems that the sense datum philosophy introduces. In addition, several versions of cognitive accounts of sense perception are criticized with the result that it is unnecessary to characterize sensory processes in intentional terms. The book then turns to a leading question introduced into modem philosophy by Descartes and Locke, the question of the accuracy of the information delivered by the senses to our faculty of belief. In particular, how accurate are our representations of the secondary qualities? The case of color is considered in detail.
Author : James Hervey Hyslop
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Problems of Philosophy written by James Hervey Hyslop and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard A. Fumerton
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780847681075
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (81 download)
Download or read book Metaepistemology and Skepticism written by Richard A. Fumerton and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1995 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this excellent treatment of the internalism-externalism debate in contemporary epistemology, Richard Fumerton explores its implications for traditional skeptical concerns. When one fully understands these implications, Fumerton argues, one will see philosophical usefulness of a foundationalism relying on acquaintance. Contending that the externalist response to skepticism is too quick and easy, Fumerton defends a version of internalism, but in doing so puts into stark relief the radically different alternatives for dealing with skepticism that our metaepistemological views force upon us.
Author : Howard Robinson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134533020
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (345 download)
Download or read book Perception written by Howard Robinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-05-20 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Questions about perception remain some of the most difficult and insoluble in both epistemology and in the philosophy of mind. This controversial but highly accessible introduction to the area explores the philosophical importance of those questions by re-examining what had until recent times been the most popular theory of perception - the sense-datum theory. Howard Robinson surveys the history of the arguments for and against the theory from Descartes to Husserl. He then shows that the objections to the theory, particularly Wittgenstein's attack on privacy and those of the physicalists, have been unsuccessful. He argues that we should return to the theory sense-data in order to understand perception. In doing so he seeks to overturn a consensus that has dominated the philosophy of perception for nearly half a century.
Author : Paul Coates
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134453140
Total Pages : 543 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)
Download or read book The Metaphysics of Perception written by Paul Coates and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-09-12 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an important study in the philosophy of the mind; drawing on the work of philosopher Wilfrid Sellars and the theory of critical realism to develop a novel argument for understanding perception and metaphysics.
Author : Peter Coffey
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3868382828
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (683 download)
Download or read book Epistemology or the Theory of Knowledge written by Peter Coffey and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-07-24 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims at applying the principles of Scholasticism to the solution of the problems raised by a critical inquiry into the validity of knowledge and the grounds of certitude. It does not purport to be in any sense a history of theories of knowledge, or to supply anything like an adequate bibliography of works on the subject. It is primarily a text-book for the use of university students in philosophy, though it is hoped that a perusal of it may be found helpful to all who desire a closer acquaintance with the attitude of modern scholastic writers towards the critical problems which almost monopolize the attention of philosophers nowadays. It is needless to emphasize the growing importance of such problems in this age of restless inquiry and scepticism. Nor will a text-book in English from the standpoint of Scholasticism be deemed superfluous.
Author : Adam Pautz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317676882
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)
Download or read book Perception written by Adam Pautz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-05-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perception is one of the most pervasive and puzzling problems in philosophy, generating a great deal of attention and controversy in philosophy of mind, psychology and metaphysics. If perceptual illusion and hallucination are possible, how can perception be what it intuitively seems to be, a direct and immediate access to reality? How can perception be both internally dependent and externally directed? Perception is an outstanding introduction to this fundamental topic, covering both the perennial and recent work on the problem. Adam Pautz examines four of the most important theories of perception: the sense datum view; the internal physical state view; the representational view; and naïve realism, assessing each in turn. He also discusses the relationship between perception and the physical world and the issue of whether reality is as it appears. Useful examples are included throughout the book to illustrate the puzzles of perception, including hallucinations, illusions, the laws of appearance, blindsight, and neuroscientific explanations of our experience of pain, smell and color. The book covers both traditional philosophical arguments and more recent empirical arguments deriving from research in psychophysics and neuroscience. The addition of chapter summaries, suggestions for further reading and a glossary of terms make Perception essential reading for anyone studying the topic in detail, as well as for students of philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology and metaphysics.
Author : Duncan Pritchard
Publisher : Oxford University Press (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0199557918
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)
Download or read book Epistemological Disjunctivism written by Duncan Pritchard and published by Oxford University Press (UK). This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Duncan Pritchard offers an account of perceptual knowledge, arguing that it is paradigmatically constituted by true belief that enjoys rational support which is reflectively accessible to the agent. This resolves the issue between intermalism and externalism, and poses a radical challenge to contemporary epistemology.
Author : Peter Coffey
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Epistemology; Or, The Theory of Knowledge written by Peter Coffey and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dwayne Moore
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 1770489134
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Knowing Reality written by Dwayne Moore and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2023-06-19 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowing Reality is a guided introduction to metaphysics and epistemology. Each of the book’s twelve chapters contains extended excerpts from influential historical and contemporary philosophers, as well as a guided exposition of their views and their locations within the logical space of the issues at play. Topics are introduced through engaging thought experiments, with relevant philosophical puzzles sprinkled throughout. Complex issues are explained using down-to-earth examples, with illustrations provided to connect with readers and assist them in understanding the sophisticated concepts under discussion.
Author : Heather Logue
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019885353X
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)
Download or read book Purpose and Procedure in Philosophy of Perception written by Heather Logue and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary philosophy of perception is dominated by highly polarized debates. The polarization is particularly acute in the debate between naïve realist disjunctivists and their opponents, but divisions seem almost as stark in other areas of dispute, for example, the debate over whether we experience so-called 'high-level' properties, and the debate concerning individuation of the senses. The guiding hypothesis underlying this volume is that such polarization stems from insufficient attention to how we should go about settling these debates. In general, there is widespread, largely implicit disagreement concerning what philosophical theories of perception are supposed to explain, the claims that we should hold fixed in the course of theorizing, and the methods that such theorizing should employ. The goal of this volume is to move such methodological questions from the background to the front of the debate, in the hope of facilitating progress. The contributions constitute an initial effort to spur more explicit, systematic discussion of methodology in philosophy of perception, covering a wide range of relevant topics, from the relation between scientific and philosophical theorizing about perception, to lessons we can learn from the history of philosophy of perception.
Author : Matthew Nudds
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019928296X
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)
Download or read book Sounds and Perception written by Matthew Nudds and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-11-26 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Sounds and Perception' examines auditory perception and the nature of sounds, an emerging area of interest in the philosophy of mind & perception, & in the metaphysics of sensible qualities. The individual essays discuss a wide range of issues, including the nature of sound & the spatial aspects of auditory experience.
Author : Richard Fumerton
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Epistemology written by Richard Fumerton and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2006-01-09 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise introduction to a field of fundamental philosophical importance - the theory of knowledge, this work highlights some of the serious epistemological problems that arise in real-life situations, then explains how these naturally lead to deeper concerns about knowledge, evidence and justification.
