Perception An Interdisciplinary Exploration( Research Papers Presented at the National Seminar Sponsored By the Indian Council of Philosophical Research and Held on 26-27 March 2012 at Sameeksha Research Centre, Kalady, India )

includes index and biblioraphy

Perception, Cognition and Religious Symbolism 1 Ashok Vohra The Objectivity of Perception A Hermeneutical Discussion 18 Francis X. D`Sa SJ Immediacy in Knowledge Acquisition Pratyaksa Jnana and Aparoksa Jnana 35 Uma Shankar Dinnaga on `Perception` and his Conflict with the Naiyayikas 48 Meenal Katarnikar Pratyaksa jnana and Paroksa jnana Exploring the Scientific Nature of Metaphysics in Vivekacudamani of Sankara 66 Walter Menezes Nirvikalpaka Perception, a ViSishtadvaita Perspective 86 V. Vasudevan Perception: An Interdisciplinary Exploration Conscious Experience: Dretske and Gangesa 93 Sreekala M. Nair Gangesa`s View on Perception 104 Debabrata Panda Perception in the Perspective of Heidegger 112 E.P. Mathew SJ Language and Perception in Heidegger 124 Anoop George Of Windows and Mirrors: Issues of Perception in Visual Arts 146 C.S. Jayaram Beyond Perception Vedantic Prologue to the Notion of Intuition 150 Usha Devi The Trans-mental Intuitive Perception Insights from the Christian Mystical Heritage 165 S. Painadath SJ Can Reality be Perceived? A Scientific Analysis 183 K. Babu Joseph Neurocognitive Aspects of Perception 189 Mukundan C.R. Neuroscience of Visual Perception 206 P. S. Mathuranath