Descartes and the puzzle of sensory representation / Raffaella De Rosa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Rosa, Raffaela, author.

Series:

Oxford English monographs.

Oxford English monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental representation.

Perception.

Senses and sensation--Philosophy.

Senses and sensation.

Descartes, René, 1596-1650.

Descartes, René.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 190 pages).

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While much has been written on Descartes' theory of mind and ideas, no systematic study of his theory of sensory representation and misrepresentation is currently available in the literature. Descartes and the Puzzle of Sensory Misrepresentation is an ambitious attempt to fill this gap. It argues against the established view that Cartesian sensations are mere qualia by defending the view that they are representational; it offers a descriptivist-causal account of theirrepresentationality that is critical of, and differs from, all other extant accounts (such as, for example, causal, teleofunctio

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Overview

1. Descartes' Account of Ideas and the Puzzle of Sensory Representation

2. Non-Representationalist Solutions: Cartesian Sensations as Qualia

3. Externalist Solutions: Causal Accounts

4. Externalist Solutions: Teleofunctional Accounts

5. A Descriptivist-Causal Account and the Solution of the Puzzle of Sensory Representation

6. Objections and Replies

Conclusion

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-161006-2

0-19-968679-3

1-282-38362-0

9786612383625

0-19-157332-9

OCLC:

536239422