Direct versus indirect realism : a neurophilosophical debate on consciousness / editors, John Smythies, Robert French.

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Book

Contributor:

Smythies, John R. (John Raymond), 1922- editor.

French, Robert E., 1952- editor.

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Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consciousness.

Realism.

Neurosciences--Philosophy.

Neurosciences.

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London, United Kingdom : Academic Press, [2018]

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Contents:

Front Cover; DIRECT VERSUS INDIRECT REALISM; DIRECT VERSUS INDIRECT REALISM; Copyright; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ONE

Introduction; ONE

Papers Defending Indirect Realism; TWO

The Metaphysical Foundationsof Contemporary Neuroscience:A House Built on Sand; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE COSMOLOGICAL THEORY; 3. TWO COMPETING THEORIES OF PERCEPTION; 4. THE IDENTITY THEORY AND THE STATUS OF PHENOMENAL SPACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; THREE

A Defense of Representational Realism; 1. PERCEPTUAL REGRESS ARGUMENTS; 2. IS PERCEPTION DIRECT OR INDIRECT?

3. DO WE SEE â#x80;#x9C;PICTURESâ#x80;#x9D; OF OBJECTS OR THE OBJECTS THEMSELVES?4. THE THEORY-LADENNESS OF ORDINARY PERCEPTUAL LANGUAGE; REFERENCES; FOUR

Is Direct Realism Falsifiable?; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. PRELIMINARY REMARKS; 3. DIRECT AND INDIRECT REALISM; 4. THE ARGUMENT FROM TIME DELAY: A THOUGHT EXPERIMENT; 4.1 Arguments From the Experiment; 5. HALLUCINATION AND NECESSITY; 6. DIRECT REALISM HAS NO CLOTHES; 7. SUMMARY; APPENDIX Aâ#x80;#x94;A VARIATION ON THE MACH STRIP EXPERIMENT; How to See It; Discussion of the Result; REFERENCES; FIVE

Against the Combination of Materialism and Direct Realism

FURTHER READINGSIX

The Epistemology of Visual Experience; 1. THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL DIVIDE; 2. A HISTORY OF THE EPISTEMIC DEBATE; 3. THE WORLD IN YOUR HEAD; 4. THE GEOMETRY OF VISUAL SPACE; 5. ANALOGICAL REPRESENTATION AND INFORMATION THEORY; 6. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; TWO

Papers Defending Direct Realism; SEVEN

The Virtues of Direct Realism; 1. DIRECT AND INDIRECT REALISM; 2. A VERSION OF DIRECT REALISM; 2.1 Phenomenal Conservatism; 2.2 The Justification of Perceptual Beliefs; 2.3 The Cognitive Mediation of Perceptual Content; 3. THE BASING PROBLEM

3.1 The Indirect Realistâ#x80;#x99;s Case for an External World3.2 The Basing Problem; 3.3 The Broad Notion of Inferential Justification; 3.4 The Direct Realist Alternative; 4. THE SYMMETRY ARGUMENT; 4.1 The Asymmetry in Indirect Realism; 4.2 Accounting for Asymmetry: Vulnerability to Error; 4.3 Kinds of Error; 4.4 Acquaintance; 5. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; EIGHT

Direct Realism, Disjunctivism, and Screening Off; 1. PART I: THE DIRECT/INDIRECT DISTINCTION; 2. PART II: DISJUNCTIVISM AND DIRECT REALISM; REFERENCES; NINE

Perceptual Realismâ#x80;#x99;s Fundamental Forms; 1. INTRODUCTION

2. DIRECT REALISM DISTINGUISHED FROM NAÃ#x8F;VE REALISM3. DIRECT REALISM, IDEALISM, AND PHENOMENALISM; 4. FUNDAMENTAL FORMS OF DIRECT REALISM; 4.1 Ur-Direct Realism; 4.2 Reducibilist Direct Realism; 4.3 Irreducibilist Direct Realism; 4.4 Global and Local NaÃv̄e Irreducibilist Direct Realisms; 5. DOES ANYONE SUBSCRIBE TO GLOBAL OR LOCAL NAÃ#x8F;VE REALISM?; 6. CONCLUSION; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; REFERENCES; TEN

A Dilemma for Epistemological Disjunctivism; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE DILEMMA FOR EPISTEMOLOGICAL DISJUNCTIVISM; 2.1 Excellent Reasons Preclude Substantial Commonalities

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