In a major contribution to the theory of perception, A. D. Smith
presents a truly original defense of direct realism--the view that
in perception we are directly aware of things in the physical
world.
"The Problem of Perception" offers two arguments against direct
realism--one concerning illusion, and one concerning
hallucination--that no current theory of perception can adequately
rebut. Smith then develops a theory of perception that does succeed
in answering these arguments; and because these arguments are the
only two that present direct realism with serious problems arising
from the nature of perception, direct realism emerges here for the
first time as an ultimately tenable position within the philosophy
of perception.
At the heart of Smith's theory is a new way of drawing the
distinction between perception and sensation, along with an unusual
treatment of the nature of objects of hallucination. With in-depth
reference to both the analytical and the phenomenological
literature on perception, and with telling criticism of alternative
views, Smith's groundbreaking work will be of value to philosophers
of perception in both the analytical and the phenomenological
tradition, as well as to psychologists of perception.
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