The nature of perception / John Foster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foster, John, 1941 May 5- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perception (Philosophy).

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 289 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2000]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

John Foster considers whether perceptual contact with a physical object is something fundamental, or if it breaks down into further factors. If the latter, what are these factors, and how do they combine to secure the contact?

Contents:

Part 1. The reshaping of the issue. The traditional issue ; The two interpretations ; SDR and BRT

pt. 2. An examination of strong direct realism. The issue before us ; The causal argument ; Contact and content ; The presentational view ; The internalist view ; Conclusion

pt. 3. The mediating psychological state. Introduction ; The cognitive theory ; The imagist proposal ; The nature of the secondary qualities ; The sense-datum theory ; The adverbilist alternative ; The sense-datum theory revised

pt. 4. The problem of perception. Introduction ; The emergence of the problem ; An argument from analogy ; A deepening of the problem ; Taking stock

pt. 5. The idealist solution. The new option ; An argument for idealism ; The unfinished story.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-286) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-925662-4

1-281-94364-9

9786611943646

0-19-151926-X

OCLC:

57475291