In Defense of Radical Empiricism: Essays and LecturesRoderick Firth's writings on epistemology amount to an exceptionally careful and cogent defense of an account of perceptual knowledge in the tradition Firth called 'radical empiricism.' This important book collects all of Firth's major works on epistemology; it also contains his only publication in ethics, the extremely influential essay on 'Ethical Absolutism and the Ideal Observer.' In addition, the book includes a number of important previously unpublished essays. Together, these writings constitute the most finished and compelling version of traditional empiricist epistemology. This book will be of value to students and scholars of epistemology, phenomenalism, and ethics. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Published Essays | 13 |
Sensedata and the Percept Theory | 15 |
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In Defense of Radical Empiricism: Essays and Lectures Roderick Firth,John Troyer Limited preview - 1998 |
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absolutist accept adequate evidence afterimage ambiguity argument from illusion Argument from Perceptual assert C. I. Lewis called Cartesian causal characteristics Chisholm coherence theory color predicates color sensation concept conditional statements conditions C1 conditions of observation construed criterion defined Descartes dispositional analysis doorknob empirical knowledge empiricist entail epistemic utility epistemic warrant ethical statements example expressive statement fact false Firth formulate hallucination ideal observer imply important inference inferential interpretation issues justified kind language of appearing Lewis logically look yellow looks red maintain meaning normal conditions objective color ostensible physical object ostensive definition paper is yellow particular Percept Theory perceptual consciousness perceptual experience perceptual judgment Perceptual Relativity perhaps phenomenalism phenomenalist phenomenological philosophers physical statement possible principle problems propositional warrant psychological question radical empiricism rational reason reconstruction of knowledge relevant seems self-warranted Sense and Sensibilia sense experience Sense-datum Theory sensory suppose theory of justification thesis things true beliefs warranted beliefs word