Philosophy of Perception

Fish, William

Philosophy of Perception A Contemporary Introduction - London Routledge 2010 - 177p

includes index and biblioraphy

Sense datum theories
Overview
The Phenomenal Principle and misleading experiences
Sense data and the Common Factor Principle
The time lag argument
Sense datum theory formalized
Sense datum theory and the two hats
Sense datum theory and the Representational Principle
The sensory core theory
Percept theory
Sensory core theory, percept theory, and the two hats
Metaphysical objections to mental objects
Adverbial theories
Overview
Adverbialism
Adverbialism and metaphysics
The many property problem
The complement objection
Adverbialism and the two hats
Belief acquisition theories
Overview
Perception as the acquisition of beliefs
Belief acquisition theory and the two hats
Perception without belief acquisition
Perception, belief, and our conceptual capacities
Acquiring new concepts
Blindsight
Intentional theories
Overview
Varieties of intentionalism
Theories of perceptual content
How do experiences get their contents?
Representationalism and the two hats
Disjunctive theories
Overview
The causal objection
Epistemological disjunctivism
Disjunctivism about metaphysics
Disjunctivism about content
Disjunctivism about phenomenology
Naive realism
Disjunctive theories of hallucination
Disjunctivism and illusion
Disjunctivism and the two hats
Perception and causation
Overview
The causal theory of perception
Perception and the sciences of the mind
Overview
Theoretical paradigms and their underlying assumptions
Important phenomena
Perception, cognition, and the phenomenal
Color vision and color realism
Perception and other sense modalities
Overview
Individuating the senses
Touch, hearing, taste, and smell
How distinct are the senses?


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