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Seeing and saying : the language of perception and the representational view of experience / Berit Brogaard.

Van Pelt Library B828.45 .B76 2018
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Brogaard, Berit, author.
Contributor:
Class of 1932 Fund.
Series:
Philosophy of mind series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Perception (Philosophy).
Visual perception.
Phenomenology.
Experience.
Representative government and representation.
Language and languages--Philosophy.
Language and languages.
Physical Description:
x, 205 pages ; 25 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Contents:
1 The Semantics of 'Appear' Words p. 11
Epistemic versus Phenomenal Uses of 'Seem' p. 12
'Seem' as a Subject-Raising Verb p. 17
Why the Semantics of 'Seem' Does Not Lend Support to Adverbialism p. 31
'Seem' as a Contextually Flexible Expression p. 36
Semantic and Logical Properties of 'Seem' p. 38
'Look' as a Subject-Raising Verb p. 42
Objections to the Phenomenal Use of 'Look' p. 45
Signpost p. 46
2 Looks and Seemings p. 47
Martin on Phenomenal Looks p. 47
Epistemic versus Phenomenal Seemings p. 51
Phenomenal Looks and Seemings Are Representational p. 56
Phenomenal Seeming versus Visual Experience? p. 60
Signpost p. 77
3 The Representational View of Experience p. 78
Visual Experience Is Representational p. 78
Illusions p. 85
Visual Experience Is Fundamentally Representational p. 87
Signpost p. 93
4 Arguments Against the Representational View p. 95
The Generality Problem p. 96
Johnston's Illusions p. 101
Pink Glows p. 106
Travis's Argument Against the Representational View p. 109
Dual Looks p. 113
Cognitive Penetration p. 117
Perceptual Principles p. 120
Signpost p. 121
5 Other Arguments from 'Look' p. 123
Chisholm's Argument for the Theory of Appearing p. 123
Jackson's Argument for the Sense-Datum Theory p. 126
Siegel's Argument for the Weak Content View p. 128
Schellenberg's Argument for the Representational View p. 130
Gluer's New Theory of Appearing p. 133
Signpost p. 134
6 Seeing Things p. 135
The Semantics of 'See' p. 136
Visuo-Epistemic Uses of 'See' p. 140
'See' as an Intensional Transitive p. 142
The Puzzle of Objectual Seeing p. 146
Functional Features of Seeing p. 147
Signpost p. 149
7 Beyond Seeing p. 151
'Sound' p. 151
'Smell' and 'Taste' p. 157
'Feel' p. 159
Hearing Things p. 175
Signpost p. 179.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
Other Format:
Online version: Brogaard, Berit. Seeing & saying.
ISBN:
9780190495251
0190495251
OCLC:
1020304094

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