Perceptual knowledge / edited by Jonathan Dancy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dancy, Jonathan.

Series:

Oxford readings in philosophy

Oxford readings in philosophy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perception (Philosophy).

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

226 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.

Summary:

This volume presents articles on epistemology and the theory of perception and introduces readers to the various problems that face a successful theory of perceptual knowledge. The contributors include Robert Nozick, Alvin Goldman, H.P. Grice, David Lewis, P.F. Strawson, Frank Jackson, David Armstrong, Fred Dretske, Roderick Firth, Wilfred Sellars, Paul Snowdon, and John McDowell.

Contents:

Knowledge and scepticism / R. Nozick

Discrimination and perceptual knowledge / A.I. Goldman

The causal theory of perception / H.P. Grice

Veridical hallucination and prosthetic vision / D. Lewis

Perception and its objects / P.F. Strawson

The existence of mental objects / F. Jackson

Perception and belief / D.M. Armstrong

Sensation and perception / F. Dretske

Coherence, certainty, and epistemic priority / R. Firth

More on givenness and explanatory coherence / W. Sellars

Perception, vision, and causation / P. Snowdon

Criteria, defeasibility, and knowledge / J. McDowell.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0198750757 :

0198750749

OCLC:

17297769