The Metaphysics of Perception: Wilfrid Sellars, Perceptual Consciousness and Critical RealismThis 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. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Phenomenal qualities and the twocomponent view | 9 |
Concepts and the awareness of fineness of grain | 41 |
3 Hallucinations illusions and the challenge of metaphysical scepticism | 52 |
4 The incoherence of Direct Realism | 67 |
5 Problems for the enactive approach to perception | 84 |
6 Perception understanding and causation | 95 |
7 A navigational account of distance perception | 107 |
8 Critical Realism and the alleged transparency of experience | 127 |
9 Imagination and the unity of experience | 148 |
10 Inner experience and the possibility of knowledge | 191 |
Notes | 209 |
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