02920nam 2200637Ia 450 991045714980332120200520144314.00-19-968679-31-282-38362-097866123836250-19-157332-9(CKB)2550000000000847(EBL)472238(OCoLC)536239422(SSID)ssj0000336610(PQKBManifestationID)11251869(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000336610(PQKBWorkID)10282297(PQKB)11161316(StDuBDS)EDZ0000075811(MiAaPQ)EBC472238(Au-PeEL)EBL472238(CaPaEBR)ebr10358345(CaONFJC)MIL238362(EXLCZ)99255000000000084720090904d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDescartes and the puzzle of sensory representation[electronic resource] /Raffaella De RosaOxford ;New York Oxford University Pressc20101 online resource (205 p.)Oxford English monographsDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-172245-6 0-19-957037-X Includes bibliographical references.Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview; 1. Descartes' Account of Ideas and the Puzzle of Sensory Representation; 2. Non-Representationalist Solutions: Cartesian Sensations as Qualia; 3. Externalist Solutions: Causal Accounts; 4. Externalist Solutions: Teleofunctional Accounts; 5. A Descriptivist-Causal Account and the Solution of the Puzzle of Sensory Representation; 6. Objections and Replies; Conclusion; References; IndexWhile much has been written on Descartes' theory of mind and ideas, no systematic study of his theory of sensory representation and misrepresentation is currently available in the literature. Descartes and the Puzzle of Sensory Misrepresentation is an ambitious attempt to fill this gap. It argues against the established view that Cartesian sensations are mere qualia by defending the view that they are representational; it offers a descriptivist-causal account of theirrepresentationality that is critical of, and differs from, all other extant accounts (such as, for example, causal, teleofunctioOxford English monographs.PerceptionSenses and sensationPhilosophyElectronic books.Perception.Senses and sensationPhilosophy.121.34De Rosa Raffaela899293MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457149803321Descartes and the puzzle of sensory representation2009174UNINA