Perceiving Reality

Author : Christian Coseru
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190253110

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Perceiving Reality by Christian Coseru Pdf

What turns the continuous flow of experience into perceptually distinct objects? Can our verbal descriptions unambiguously capture what it is like to see, hear, or feel? How might we reason about the testimony that perception alone discloses? Christian Coseru proposes a rigorous and highly original way to answer these questions by developing a framework for understanding perception as a mode of apprehension that is intentionally constituted, pragmatically oriented, and causally effective. By engaging with recent discussions in phenomenology and analytic philosophy of mind, but also by drawing on the work of Husserl and Merleau-Ponty, Coseru offers a sustained argument that Buddhist philosophers, in particular those who follow the tradition of inquiry initiated by Dign?ga and Dharmak?rti, have much to offer when it comes to explaining why epistemological disputes about the evidential role of perceptual experience cannot satisfactorily be resolved without taking into account the structure of our cognitive awareness. Perceiving Reality examines the function of perception and its relation to attention, language, and discursive thought, and provides new ways of conceptualizing the Buddhist defense of the reflexivity thesis of consciousness-namely, that each cognitive event is to be understood as involving a pre-reflective implicit awareness of its own occurrence. Coseru advances an innovative approach to Buddhist philosophy of mind in the form of phenomenological naturalism, and moves beyond comparative approaches to philosophy by emphasizing the continuity of concerns between Buddhist and Western philosophical accounts of the nature of perceptual content and the character of perceptual consciousness.

Author : Dennis Proffitt,Drake Baer
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-28
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781250219121

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Perception by Dennis Proffitt,Drake Baer Pdf

A groundbreaking popular psychology book that explores the deep connection between our body and our brain. Over decades of study, University of Virginia psychologist Dennis Proffitt has shown that we are each living our own personal version of Gulliver’s Travels, where the size and shape of the things we see are scaled to the size of our bodies, and our ability to interact with them. Stairs look less steep as dieters lose weight, baseballs grow bigger the better players hit, hills look less daunting if you’re standing next to a close friend, and learning happens faster when you can talk with your hands. Written with journalist Drake Baer, Perception marries academic rigor with mainstream accessibility. The research presented and the personalities profiled will show what it means to not only have, but be, your unique human body. The positive ramifications of viewing ourselves from this embodied perspective include greater athletic, academic, and professional achievement, more nourishing relationships, and greater personal well-being. The better we can understand what our bodies are—what they excel at, what they need, what they must avoid—the better we can live our lives.

Author : William Kent
Publisher : North Holland
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Computers
ISBN : STANFORD:36105032550811

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Data and Reality by William Kent Pdf

The nature of an information system; Naming; Relationships; Attributes; Types and categories and sets; Models; The record model; The other three popular models; The modelling of relationships; Elementary concepts; Philosophy.

Author : Charlie Dunbar Broad
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1914
Category : Light
ISBN : UOM:39015010526328

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Perception, Physics, and Reality by Charlie Dunbar Broad Pdf

Author : Ralph Schumacher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Aufsatzsammlung
ISBN : UOM:39015060817924

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Perception and Reality by Ralph Schumacher Pdf

This book is about the nature of sensory perception. Contributions focus on five questions, i.e.: (1) What distinguishes sensory perception from other cognitive states? Is it true, for instance, that perceptual content, in contrast to the phenomenal content of sensations like pain, always depends on the perceivers conceptual resources? (2) How do we have to explain the intentionality of perceptual states? (3) What is the nature of perceptual content? (4) In which sense do the objects of sensory perception depend on the constitution of the perceiver? How, for instance, do secondary qualities like colours, sounds and smells depend on the perception of human subjects? (5) How can we account for the intentionality of misperceptions? These questions are addressed through the interpretation of classical historical texts as well as in the context of systematical reflections. With contributions by Margaret Atherton, Michael Ayers, Peter Baumann, Martha Brandt Bolton, Thomas Grundmann, Gary Hatfield, Rolf-Peter Horstmann, Andreas Kemmerling, Bertram Kienzle, Martine Nida-Rümelin, Dominik Perler, Jay F. Rosenberg, Katia Saporiti, Ralph Schumacher, Gerald Vision, and Russell Wahl.

Author : Wilfrid Sellars
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Knowledge, Theory of
ISBN : UOM:39015001602278

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Science, Perception and Reality by Wilfrid Sellars Pdf

Author : Alberto Rivas
Publisher : E-Booktime, LLC
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1598245007

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Visions of Reality by Alberto Rivas Pdf

This exciting book is an in depth study of abnormal perception and behavior. It examines how, without our knowledge, our brain secretly pushes, pulls, twists, and warps our perceptions with a mind of its own, without regard for morals, stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing, devoid of good sense or judgment, resistant to guidance or discipline, blindly and obstinately attached to some creed or opinion and intolerant toward others. This book explains how the nature of reality is distorted by our senses, turning our perceptions into an amalgam of illusions, delusions and deceptions, from which we determine our behavior. This is an excellent book written by an intellect well versed in his subject. The most abstruse complexities have been made comprehensible to the general reader; opening scenes that startle you with their depths of impenetrable mystery, and taking you on a fantastic journey through infinity. The author's skill and perfect pacing, as he presents scientific facts in the realm of psychological perception, stand alone in this extraordinary volume of knowledge.

Author : Chris Smythe
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-14
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1507542100

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The Perception Transformation by Chris Smythe Pdf

Perception + Beliefs = Reality Life is difficult... That is how a lot of people perceive their own life and it is true for them, because that is what they believe and their sub-conscious mind would 100% support them the idea that " life is hard ." But is life really that hard or we are just making it up in our own mind? What we perceive is what we believe, and all this is based on what we hear, see, feel, and think. Our perception drives our behaviors everyday and our thoughts are perhaps the most crucial components of our ability to perceive. In this book, we will discuss in detail on the power of our perception and explore how the way our mind works affects our perception. We will take a closer look at how each of us perceive the sight and sound he/she receives in a way which is very different from each others. We will also discuss the importance of perception in our understanding of what reality really is, and show you some "real life scenarios" which will consolidate your understanding of our perception. Here is what you are about to find out.. ** Perceived truths are NOT based on Real Truth. ** The Power to Choose a Response ** How your Habitat forms Your Habits ** How to Change Your Core Beliefs "The Perception Transformation" has been composed to help you achieve a better understanding of your world and how you perceive things around you. Only through a proper understanding of perception can you learn and see the light, even in your darkest of times. By altering what you perceive as negative experiences, you can alleviate your negative emotions and your self-imposed restriction on leading a happy and healthy life.

Author : Jean Baudrillard
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Art
ISBN : 0472065211

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Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard Pdf

Develops a theory of contemporary culture that relies on displacing economic notions of cultural production with notions of cultural expenditure. This book represents an effort to rethink cultural theory from the perspective of a concept of cultural materialism, one that radically redefines postmodern formulations of the body.

Author : Aldous Huxley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1544816227

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The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell by Aldous Huxley Pdf

Two great classics come to life in one of the most loved books in American History. Remastered to include Illustrated exercises, a biography of Aldous Huxley, and including the full essay of Heaven and Hell, and The Doors to Perception, this book is a great gift to those who are unfamiliar with his work, or may have forgotten about Huxley's famous contemplations of life and death. - ZKBS(c) All Rights Reserved.

Author : J.L. Navickas
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401013666

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Consciousness and Reality: Hegel’s Philosophy of Subjectivity by J.L. Navickas Pdf

With the rise of analytical philosophy the criticism against Hegelianism has become increasingly shrill, and signs of an embarrassment that Hegel's philosophy should ever have arisen are noticeable in such inftuential works as those of Karl Popper and Hans Reichenbach, to mention but a few. However, many contemporary philosophers stress what is called subjectivity, conceiving reality as susceptible of methodical analysis only to the extent that it is in and for the subject. What is more, they not only insist on the importance of the subject for philosophy, but maintain that the subject must be conceived as the principal determinative of true objectivity. Since knowledge depends for its possibility on the inseverable correlatives of consciousness and reality, they would grant that a proper importance must be given to both subject and object. Still, exemplifying the relational principle within the unity of a dual structure, the subject serves as an exclu sive agent that provides ingress into the meaning of the object.

Author : Nicole Karapanagiotis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IND:30000094867920

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Perceiving Krishna and Participating in His Play by Nicole Karapanagiotis Pdf

Author : Donald Hoffman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780393254709

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The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes by Donald Hoffman Pdf

Can we trust our senses to tell us the truth? Challenging leading scientific theories that claim that our senses report back objective reality, cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman argues that while we should take our perceptions seriously, we should not take them literally. From examining why fashion designers create clothes that give the illusion of a more “attractive” body shape to studying how companies use color to elicit specific emotions in consumers, and even dismantling the very notion that spacetime is objective reality, The Case Against Reality dares us to question everything we thought we knew about the world we see.

Author : Vários Autores
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1480269387

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The Reality of Perception by Vários Autores Pdf

Perception is reality to the beholder; but it doesn't make reality. This book addresses how our perceptions affect many different areas or our lives for example: depression, happiness, anxiety, anger, relationships, success, and personality disorders. It will help you understand how to change your life by changing your perception. Many of us are making life a lot harder than it needs to be simply by our thought process. This book is filled with teachings and examples from real life that make the reading enjoyable.

Author : Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 8120813464

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Phenomenology of Perception by Maurice Merleau-Ponty Pdf

Buddhist philosophy of Anicca (impermanence), Dukkha (suffering), and