Problems of vision : rethinking the causal theory of perception / Gerald Vision.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vision, Gerald, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perception.

Sense (Philosophy).

Visual perception.

Senses and sensation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Vision examines current philosophical problems concerning visual perception. He defends a species of 'direct realism' according to which perceiving is taken to be a two-place relation between perceivers and mind-independent objects.

Contents:

Contents; Part I. The Basic Causal Requirement; 1. Introduction; 2. Objects, Sense-Data, and Visual Episodes; 3. The Case for Causation; Part II. Perception, Cognition, and Belief; 4. Visual Data; 5. The Credulous Eye; 6. The Generation of Perceptual Belief; Part III. Completing the Causal Theory; 7. Deviant Causal Chains; 8. Object Determination; 9. The Phenomenal Character of Seeing; Epilogue; Appendix: Frequently Cited Propositions and Tenets; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y

Notes:

Bibliography: p263-69. _ Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-269) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773140-6

1-280-45267-6

0-19-535570-9

OCLC:

646799622