Perception, Mind, and Personal Identity: A Critique of MaterialismThe book is primarily a critique of a materialistic view of persons and their experiences. Its subject matter is quite broad, as it includes a consideration of not only whether there can be an adequate materialist treatment of sensations, consciousness, and intentionality of thought, but also of whether there can be such a treatment of perceptual experience, on the one hand, and of self-consciousness, on the other. It presents a case for concluding that the difficulties facing the materialist are overwhelming. |
Contents
Sensation and Perception | 3 |
Objections to Indirect Realism | 35 |
Language Consciousness and Acquaintance | 51 |
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Perception, Mind, and Personal Identity: A Critique of Materialism David H. Lund No preview available - 1994 |
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acknowledge acquaintance after-image analysis apparent memory appears argue argument belief blue body brain causal Churchland claim color properties conceive concept conclusion consciousness constitute criterion deny difficulty direct realist directly aware disposition dualism Eliminative Materialism entities epistemic existence fact fails first-person perspective functional functionalist identify imagine implausible implies indeterminacy indirect realism instance instantiated interpretation intrinsic intentionality involved knowledge knowledge by acquaintance language Leibniz's Law lucid dream materialism materialist mental events nominalist non-reductive materialist noted notion occurrent awareness offshoots one's ontological pain Parfit perceived perception personal identity phenomenal color phenomenal individuals phenomenal properties physical object physicalist plausible possible present experience problem propositional attitudes psychological continuity qualia qualitative character qualities question reality reference rejected relation remember seems clear seen sensation sense sensory sensuous color someone subject of experience suggests supervenience suppose theory thesis things thinking understanding visual awareness visual experience visual perception