This book challenges contemporary direct realist theories of
perception and defends a version of the causal theory that the
author locates in the critical realist tradition of which Wilfrid
Sellars is the main recent exponent. The author highlights the
difficulties direct realists face in providing a coherent positive
account of their view. He develops an analysis of perceptual
experience derived from the later writings of Sellars. According to
this account experience involves both low-level concepts and a
distinct sensory component. This view makes sense of the various
notions of nonconceptual content appealed to in current discussion,
and provides, in addition, solutions to the conceptual problems
raised by recent experimental work on attention and
change-blindness. An important feature of this theory is the
dynamic navigational account of perception and action, which points
to an underlying continuity between common sense, scientific and
philosophical accounts of perceiving.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy |
Release date: |
September 2007 |
First published: |
2007 |
Authors: |
Paul Coates
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
276 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-28445-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
Philosophy >
General
Books >
Philosophy >
General
|
LSN: |
0-415-28445-7 |
Barcode: |
9780415284455 |
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