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Philosophy of perception: A contemporary introduction/ Fish, William

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TextPublication details: New York: Routledge, 2010Description: 177 pISBN: 9780415999120DDC classification: 121.34

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1 Introduction: Three key principles Overview Three key principles Conclusion Questions Notes 2 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 Questions Notes Further reading 3 Adverbial theories Overview Adverbialism Adverbialism and metaphysics The many property problem The complement objection Adverbialism and the two hats Questions Notes Further reading 4 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 Questions Notes Further reading 5 intentional theories Overview Varieties of intentionalism Theories of perceptual content How do experiences get their contents? Representationalism and the two hats Questions Notes Further reading 6 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 Questions Notes Further reading 7 Perception and causation Overview The causal theory of perception Questions Notes Further reading 8 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 Questions Notes Further reading 9 Perception and other sense modalities Overview Individuating the senses Touch, hearing, taste, and smell How distinct are the senses? Questions Note Further reading

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1 Introduction: Three key principles
Overview
Three key principles
Conclusion
Questions
Notes
2 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
Questions
Notes
Further reading
3 Adverbial theories
Overview
Adverbialism
Adverbialism and metaphysics
The many property problem
The complement objection
Adverbialism and the two hats
Questions
Notes
Further reading
4 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
Questions
Notes
Further reading
5 intentional theories
Overview
Varieties of intentionalism
Theories of perceptual content
How do experiences get their contents?
Representationalism and the two hats
Questions
Notes
Further reading
6 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
Questions
Notes
Further reading
7 Perception and causation
Overview
The causal theory of perception
Questions
Notes
Further reading
8 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
Questions
Notes
Further reading
9 Perception and other sense modalities
Overview
Individuating the senses
Touch, hearing, taste, and smell
How distinct are the senses?
Questions
Note
Further reading

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