What it is like to perceive : direct realism and the phenomenal character of perception / J. Christopher Maloney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maloney, J. Christopher, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perception (Philosophy).

Mental representation.

Intentionalism.

Realism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 360 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

Other Title:

Direct realism and the phenomenal character of perception

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Thought, including conscious perception, is representation. But perceptual representation is uniquely direct, permitting immediate acquaintance with the world and ensuring perception's distinctive phenomenal character. The perceptive mind is extended. It recruits the very objects perceived to constitute self-referential representations determinative of what it is like to perceive.

Contents:

Intentionalism and recurrent cognitive content

Intentionalism, cognition, and representation

Intentionalism's troubles begin

Intentionalism and troubling peculiar perceptual content

Higher order theory

Dual aspect theory

Direct realism and the extended mind

Direct realism and illusion

Direct realism and hallucination.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 12, 2018).

ISBN:

0-19-085477-4

0-19-085478-2