PerceptionThe book includes 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 Austin, Dretske, Heidegger, Millikan, Putnam, and Robinson are considered among others and the reader is given an invaluable philosophical framework within which to consider the issues. |
Contents
A theory of natural realism | 25 |
Theories of perceptual experiences | 51 |
representations as natural signs | 67 |
Putnam Austin and Heidegger | 89 |
the argument from illusion | 111 |
The phenomenal and phenomenological senses | 131 |
Types of perceptual content | 149 |
The representationalistintentionalist thesis | 165 |
Adverbialist accounts of perceptual experience | 193 |
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