Towards a theory of epistemically significant perception : how we relate to the world / Nadja El Kassar.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

El Kassar, Nadja, 1984- author.

Series:

Ideen & Argumente.

Ideen & Argumente, 1862-1147

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perception (Philosophy).

Conceptualism.

Relationism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] : De Gruyter, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How does perceptual experience make us knowledgeable about the world? In this book Nadja El Kassar argues that an informed answer requires a novel theory of perception: perceptual experience involves conceptual capacities and consists in a relation between a perceiver and the world. Contemporary theories of perception disagree about the role of content and conceptual capacities in perceptual experience. In her analysis El Kassar scrutinizes the arguments of conceptualist and relationist theories, thereby exposing their limitations for explaining the epistemic role of perceptual experience. Against this background she develops her novel theory of epistemically significant perception. Her theory improves on current accounts by encompassing both the epistemic role of perceptual experiences and its perceptual character. Central claims of her theory receive additional support from work in vision science, making this book an original contribution to the philosophy of perception.

Contents:

Front matter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Introduction

Part I Conceptualism

1 Introducing Conceptualism

2 Examining Non-Conceptualist Arguments against Conceptualism

3 Examining McDowell's Revised Conceptualism

Part II Relationism

4 Relationism: Perception as Conscious Acquaintance

5 Relationism as Anti-Representationalism

6 Why McDowell's Revised Conceptualism Does Not Avoid Travis's Anti-Representationalist Criticism

Part III Relational Conceptualism

7 Relational Conceptualism: a Theory of Epistemically Significant Perception

8 Possible Objections against Relational Conceptualism

Part IV. Relational Conceptualism and Empirical Science

9 Broadening the Scope of Relational Conceptualism

References

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Diss University of Potsdam 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110445367

3110445360

9783110445626

311044562X

OCLC:

945755531