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Perception (Paperback, annotated edition)
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Perception (Paperback, annotated edition)
Series: New Problems of Philosophy
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Perception is one of the most pervasive and puzzling problems in
philosophy, generating a great deal of attention and controversy in
philosophy of mind, psychology and metaphysics. If perceptual
illusion and hallucination are possible, how can perception be what
it intuitively seems to be, a direct and immediate access to
reality? How can perception be both internally dependent and
externally directed? Perception is an outstanding introduction to
this fundamental topic, covering both the perennial and recent work
on the problem. Adam Pautz examines four of the most important
theories of perception: the sense datum view; the internal physical
state view; the representational view; and naive realism, assessing
each in turn. He also discusses the relationship between perception
and the physical world and the issue of whether reality is as it
appears. Useful examples are included throughout the book to
illustrate the puzzles of perception, including hallucinations,
illusions, the laws of appearance, blindsight, and neuroscientific
explanations of our experience of pain, smell and color. The book
covers both traditional philosophical arguments and more recent
empirical arguments deriving from research in psychophysics and
neuroscience. The addition of chapter summaries, suggestions for
further reading and a glossary of terms make Perception essential
reading for anyone studying the topic in detail, as well as for
students of philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology and
metaphysics.
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