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Perception And The Physical World
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Author : D M Armstrong
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-07-28
Perception And The Physical World written by D M Armstrong and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-28 with Philosophy categories.
First published in 1961, Perception and the Physical World contends that there are insuperable difficulties for the Representative and Phenomenalist theories. Unreflective common sense thinks of sense-perception as a direct grasping of the nature of the physical world. But when we are confronted with facts about sensory illusion, about the physical and physiological causes of perception, and with modern scientific views of the real nature of matter, it is hard to maintain such a ‘Direct Realist’ theory of perception. We tend to substitute a Copy or Representative theory which puts sense-impressions between ourselves and physical reality. Some philosophers overwhelmed by the difficulties of the Copy theory, retreat into Phenomenalism, which identifies the physical world with our sense-impressions. The author re-examines all the traditional objections to a Direct Realist theory and tries to show that they can be overcome. This book will be of interest to students of philosophy.
Perception And The Physical World
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Author : David Malet Armstrong
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
Perception And The Physical World written by David Malet Armstrong and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with PHILOSOPHY categories.
First published in 1961, Perception and the Physical World contends that there are insuperable difficulties for the Representative and Phenomenalist theories. Unreflective common sense thinks of sense-perception as a direct grasping of the nature of the physical world. But when we are confronted with facts about sensory illusion, about the physical and physiological causes of perception, and with modern scientific views of the real nature of matter, it is hard to maintain such a Direct Realist' theory of perception. We tend to substitute a Copy or Representative theory which puts sense-impressions between ourselves and physical reality. Some philosophers overwhelmed by the difficulties of the Copy theory, retreat into Phenomenalism, which identifies the physical world with our sense-impressions. The author re-examines all the traditional objections to a Direct Realist theory and tries to show that they can be overcome. This book will be of interest to students of philosophy.
Perception
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Author : Adam Pautz
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-05-05
Perception written by Adam Pautz and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-05 with Philosophy categories.
Perception is one of the most pervasive and puzzling problems in philosophy, generating a great deal of attention and controversy in philosophy of mind, psychology and metaphysics. If perceptual illusion and hallucination are possible, how can perception be what it intuitively seems to be, a direct and immediate access to reality? How can perception be both internally dependent and externally directed? Perception is an outstanding introduction to this fundamental topic, covering both the perennial and recent work on the problem. Adam Pautz examines four of the most important theories of perception: the sense datum view; the internal physical state view; the representational view; and naïve realism, assessing each in turn. He also discusses the relationship between perception and the physical world and the issue of whether reality is as it appears. Useful examples are included throughout the book to illustrate the puzzles of perception, including hallucinations, illusions, the laws of appearance, blindsight, and neuroscientific explanations of our experience of pain, smell and color. The book covers both traditional philosophical arguments and more recent empirical arguments deriving from research in psychophysics and neuroscience. The addition of chapter summaries, suggestions for further reading and a glossary of terms make Perception essential reading for anyone studying the topic in detail, as well as for students of philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology and metaphysics.
Visual Space Perception
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Author : Maurice Hershenson
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 1999
Visual Space Perception written by Maurice Hershenson and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Computers categories.
A renewed interest in the study of vision has attracted scholars from such diverse fields as neuroscience, computer science, mathematics, physics and philosophy. At the same time, the development of imaging devices and popularization of stereoscopic effects has increased student interest in vision. This primer provides an overview of the principles of space perception in a handbook format that should appeal to researchers as well as students. Topics covered include geometrical and distal-proximal relationships, spatial localization, stereopsis, cyclopean perception, stimulus inadequacy, pictorial cues, perceived size and shape, Gibsonian psychophysics, lateral motion, motion in depth, perceived object motion, and motion detection.
Perception And The Physical World
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Author : David Malet Armstrong
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Perception And The Physical World written by David Malet Armstrong and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with categories.
Journal Of A Dissenter
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Author : Chris Wright
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2025-01-20
Journal Of A Dissenter written by Chris Wright and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-01-20 with Philosophy categories.
This is a lengthy intellectual journal by a political radical that ranges over a variety of subjects, such as Marxism, capitalism, history, many schools of modern philosophy, psychology, economics, and contemporary American politics. It also includes quite a few 'personal' passages, but I've kept those only because they express common experiences and youthful psychological tendencies. Its most useful content for students might be its many summaries of good historical and scientific scholarship, especially in the journal's second half. Ultimately, the document is a fairly comprehensive expression of a particular society as refracted through an inquisitive and critical mind, from the ages of 15 to 44.
What It Is Like To Perceive
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Author : J. Christopher Maloney
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-06-15
What It Is Like To Perceive written by J. Christopher Maloney and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-15 with Philosophy categories.
Naturalistic cognitive science, when realistically rendered, rightly maintains that to think is to deploy contentful mental representations. Accordingly, conscious perception, memory, and anticipation are forms of cognition that, despite their introspectively manifest differences, may coincide in content. Sometimes we remember what we saw; other times we predict what we will see. Why, then, does what it is like consciously to perceive, differ so dramatically from what it is like merely to recall or anticipate the same? Why, if thought is just representation, does the phenomenal character of seeing a sunset differ so stunningly from the tepid character of recollecting or predicting the sun's descent? J. Christopher Maloney argues that, unlike other cognitive modes, perception is in fact immediate, direct acquaintance with the object of thought. Although all mental representations carry content, the vehicles of perceptual representation are uniquely composed of the very objects represented. To perceive the setting sun is to use the sun and its properties to cast a peculiar cognitive vehicle of demonstrative representation. This vehicle's embedded referential term is identical with, and demonstrates, the sun itself. And the vehicle's self-attributive demonstrative predicate is itself forged from a property of that same remote star. So, in this sense, the perceiving mind is an extended mind. Perception is unbrokered cognition of what is real, exactly as it really is. Maloney's theory of perception will be of great interest in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science.
Physical Realism
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Author : Thomas Case
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1888
Physical Realism written by Thomas Case and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1888 with Cognition categories.
The World As Dynamical And Immaterial And The Nature Of Perception
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Author : Robert Stodart Wyld
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1868
The World As Dynamical And Immaterial And The Nature Of Perception written by Robert Stodart Wyld and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1868 with Ontology categories.
Perception And The Physical World
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Author : Dieter Heyer
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2002-05-22
Perception And The Physical World written by Dieter Heyer and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-05-22 with Medical categories.
Perception is a subject of great current interest and one that is is likely to escalate over coming years. The focus of this book is on conceptual and philosophical issues of perception, including the classic notion of unconscious inferences in perception. The book consists of contributions from a group of international researchers who spent a year together as distinguished fellows at the German Centre for Advanced Study.