The Puzzle of Perceptual Justification - Conscious experience, Higher-order Beliefs, and Reliable Processes (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

This book provides an accessible and up-to-date discussion of contemporary theories of perceptual justification that each highlight different factors related to perception, i.e., conscious experience, higher-order beliefs, and reliable processes. The book's discussion starts from the viewpoint that perception is not only one of our fundamental sources of knowledge and justification, but also plays this role for many less sophisticated animals. It proposes a scientifically informed reliabilist theory which can accommodate this fact without denying that some of our epistemic abilities as human perceivers are special. This allows it to combine many of our intuitions about the importance of conscious experience and higher-order belief with the controversial thesis that perceptual justification is fundamentally non-evidential in character.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Synthese Library, 377
Release date:	April 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Harmen Ghijsen
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	165
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-30498-4
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind
LSN:	3-319-30498-4
Barcode:	9783319304984

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