Perspectives on perception [[electronic resource] /] / Mary Margaret McCabe, Mark Textor (eds.)

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779862003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Frankfurt, : Ontos Verlag, 2007
• ISBN: 3-11-032755-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (188 p.)
• Collana: Philosophische Forschung = Philosophical research ; ; Bd. 6
• Altri autori (Persone): McCabeMary Margaret <1948->; TextorMarkus
• Disciplina: 700.19; 700/.1/9
• Soggetti: Perception (Philosophy)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- 1. A bit of autobiography / Lacey, Alan -- 2. A puzzle about how things look / Sainsbury, R. M. -- 3. The problem of consciousness and the innerness of the mind / Hopkins, Jim -- 4. Seeing an individual / Hossack, Keith -- 5. Seeing something and believing IN it / Textor, Mark -- 6. Phenomenal concepts are not demonstrative / Papineau, David -- 7. Kant on the a priori content of perceptual experience / Savile, Anthony -- 8. Self-awareness / Sorabji, Richard -- 9. Perceiving that we see and hear: Aristotle on Plato on judgement and reflection / McCabe, Mary Margaret -- References -- Backmatter
• Sommario/riassunto: Perception and its puzzles have given rise to philosophical reflection from antiquity to recent times: What do we perceive? How do we talk about what we perceive? What is the nature of our subjective experience? How can we talk about our subjective experience? In this book a distinguished group of philosophers addresses questions like these by drawing on historical and contemporary sources, illuminating the intersections between historical and contemporary philosophical discussion. They ask about the way things look; about how we can perceive a particular object (and no other); about self-perc