New Representationalisms: Essays in the Philosophy of PerceptionEdmond Leo Wright These essays in the philosophy of perception cover a variety of topics, among which are included science, souls and sense-data, perception and scepticism, the causal representation theory of perception, semantic presence, the impact of contemporary neuroscience and hypothesis and illusion. |
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Edmond Wright | 4 |
Science souls and sensedata | 15 |
Representation pictures and resemblance | 45 |
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ambiguity analogy argued argument awareness behaviour believe body-image brain Cambridge causal claim cognitive colour concepts cortex Dennett Descartes described direct distinction entities epistemic epistemological example existence explain external objects external world externalist fact field of representation function Gregory H.H. Price hypotheses of science illusions images Indirect Realism input intentional object introspection kind knowledge language logical London look material objects means mechanisms mental mind mirror models nature Necker Cube non-epistemic notion observer pain paradox perceiving perceptual experience phenomenal consciousness philosophers philosophy of mind physical objects physicalist picture problem processes properties qualia raster relation Representationalism representationalist Representative Theory resemblance retina sceptic science and perception scientific screen seems semantic semantic content sensations sense sense-data Sense-Datum Theory sensory series of perceptions signals similar Smythies somatic sensations space suggest supposed surface theory of perception things tion veridical visual cortex visual field Wright