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Perception and reason / Bill Brewer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brewer, Bill, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Knowledge, Theory of.
- Perception (Philosophy).
- Experience.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 281 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume presents an original view of the role of conscious experience in the acquisition of knowledge. It argues that experiences must provide reasons for beliefs if there are to be any beliefs about the mind-independent world at all.
- Contents:
- Machine derived contents note: Introduction
- Part I: Perceptual Experiences Provide Reasons
- 1. Historical-Epistemological Context
- 2. Belief and Experience
- 3. Experience and Reason
- 4. Epistemological Consequences and Criticisms
- Part Ii: The Rational Role Of Perceptual Experiences
- 5. Reasons Require Conceptual Contents
- 6. The Rational Role of Perceptual Experiences
- 7. Epistemological Outlook
- 8. Developments and Consequences
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version
- ISBN:
- 0-19-159711-2
- 0-19-925045-6
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