An anti-sceptical metaphysics and epistemology of perception Heather Logue

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Logue, Heather, 1979- author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in epistemology

Cambridge elements. Elements in epistemology 2398-0567

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Skepticism.

Perception (Philosophy).

Knowledge, Theory of.

perception.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2026

Summary:

"This Element brings three topics into closer contact: scepticism about the external world, the metaphysics of perception, and the epistemology of perception. It argues that a certain kind of response to external world scepticism is significantly stronger if we make certain theoretical commitments regarding the metaphysics and epistemology of perception. I argue that a neo-Moorean epistemological disjunctivist response to scepticism is much more compelling when underpinned by a naïve realist theory of perceptual phenomenal character and the transparency model of how we acquire knowledge of our perceptual states. The possibility that these theories are true radically alters the dialectical situation with respect to external world scepticism: the sceptical argument is on much shakier ground than is usually appreciated. Integrating our theorising about our knowledge of the external world and our theorising about the metaphysics and epistemology of perception affords a more comprehensive view of our anti-sceptical options"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Scepticism about the external world

The metaphysics of perceptual phenomenal character

The sceptic and the indistinguishability-denying naïve realist

The transparency model of knowledge of one’s own perceptual states

The sceptic and the transparency-accepting naïve realist

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed August 14, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Logue, Heather, 1979- Anti-sceptical metaphysics and epistemology of perception

ISBN:

9781009127080

100912708X

OCLC:

1597497823

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