The puzzle of experience / J.J. Valberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Valberg, J. J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Experience.

Self-knowledge, Theory of.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores the puzzle of perceptual experience. In reflecting on our experience we may "reason" about it, or be "open" to it. These reflections generate a contradiction about the object of existence. This book explains why and how the contradiction arises, and considers solutions.

Contents:

pt. 1. The Puzzle

1. Reasoning about our Experience

2. Being Open to our Experience

3. The Explanation of the Puzzle

pt. 2. Possible Solutions to the Puzzle

4. The Object of Experience

5. Experience and Continuity

6. Two Conceptions of Experience

7. Externality: Kant and Phenomenalism

8. Ignoring the Problematic Reasoning: Strawson on Hume and Wittgenstein

9. Conclusion: The Puzzle of Experience and Everyday Puzzlement.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version