The Eye and the Mind

Reflections on Perception and the Problem of Knowledge

C. Landesman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

162 Seiten

2010 | Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1994
Springer (Verlag)
978-90-481-4343-6 (ISBN)

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This book is a discussion of some of the major philosophical problems centering around the topic of sense perception and the foundations of human knowledge. It begins with a characterization of our common sense understanding of the role of the senses in the acquisition of belief, and it argues that scientific accounts of the processes of perception undermine salient parts of this understanding. The naive point of view of direct realism cannot be sustained in the light of a scientifically instructed understanding of perception. This critique of direct realism points to the correctness of the representative theory of perception characteristic of such early modem philosophers as Descartes and Locke, and it also endorses the subjective tum that they defended. It argues that these positions do not require introducing sense data into the picture, and thus it avoids the intractable problems that the sense datum philosophy introduces. In addition, several versions of cognitive accounts of sense perception are criticized with the result that it is unnecessary to characterize sensory processes in intentional terms. The book then turns to a leading question introduced into modem philosophy by Descartes and Locke, the question of the accuracy of the information delivered by the senses to our faculty of belief. In particular, how accurate are our representations of the secondary qualities? The case of color is considered in detail.

1: Understanding Vision: Common Sense vs. Science.- 2: The Subjective Turn and the Problem of Transparency.- 3: Cognitive Theories of Sensation and Perception: A Critique.- 4: A Representative Theory of Sensation.- 5: Color Subjectively Considered.- 6: Color Objectively Considered.- 7: Objections to Color Skepticism.- 8: Knowledge and Perception.

Reihe/Serie	Philosophical Studies Series ; 58
Zusatzinfo	X, 162 p.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 297 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie
ISBN-10	90-481-4343-8 / 9048143438
ISBN-13	978-90-481-4343-6 / 9789048143436
Zustand	Neuware