Perception And The Physical World

Author : D M Armstrong
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 256 pages
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Release : 2023-07-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000900866

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First published in 1961, Perception and the Physical World contends that there are insuperable difficulties for the Representative and Phenomenalist theories. Unreflective common sense thinks of sense-perception as a direct grasping of the nature of the physical world. But when we are confronted with facts about sensory illusion, about the physical and physiological causes of perception, and with modern scientific views of the real nature of matter, it is hard to maintain such a ‘Direct Realist’ theory of perception. We tend to substitute a Copy or Representative theory which puts sense-impressions between ourselves and physical reality. Some philosophers overwhelmed by the difficulties of the Copy theory, retreat into Phenomenalism, which identifies the physical world with our sense-impressions. The author re-examines all the traditional objections to a Direct Realist theory and tries to show that they can be overcome. This book will be of interest to students of philosophy.

Author : David Malet Armstrong
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:834097859

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Author : David Malet Armstrong
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : PHILOSOPHY
ISBN : 1003405401

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Perception and the Physical World by David Malet Armstrong Pdf

First published in 1961, Perception and the Physical World contends that there are insuperable difficulties for the Representative and Phenomenalist theories. Unreflective common sense thinks of sense-perception as a direct grasping of the nature of the physical world. But when we are confronted with facts about sensory illusion, about the physical and physiological causes of perception, and with modern scientific views of the real nature of matter, it is hard to maintain such a Direct Realist' theory of perception. We tend to substitute a Copy or Representative theory which puts sense-impressions between ourselves and physical reality. Some philosophers overwhelmed by the difficulties of the Copy theory, retreat into Phenomenalism, which identifies the physical world with our sense-impressions. The author re-examines all the traditional objections to a Direct Realist theory and tries to show that they can be overcome. This book will be of interest to students of philosophy.

Author : Dieter Heyer,Rainer Mausfeld
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2002-05-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : UOM:39015056191797

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Perception and the Physical World by Dieter Heyer,Rainer Mausfeld Pdf

Perception is a subject of great current interest and one that is is likely to escalate over coming years. The focus of this book is on conceptual and philosophical issues of perception, including the classic notion of unconscious inferences in perception. The book consists of contributions from a group of international researchers who spent a year together as distinguished fellows at the German Centre for Advanced Study.

Author : Maurice Hershenson
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0262581671

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Visual Space Perception by Maurice Hershenson Pdf

A renewed interest in the study of vision has attracted scholars from such diverse fields as neuroscience, computer science, mathematics, physics and philosophy. At the same time, the development of imaging devices and popularization of stereoscopic effects has increased student interest in vision. This primer provides an overview of the principles of space perception in a handbook format that should appeal to researchers as well as students. Topics covered include geometrical and distal-proximal relationships, spatial localization, stereopsis, cyclopean perception, stimulus inadequacy, pictorial cues, perceived size and shape, Gibsonian psychophysics, lateral motion, motion in depth, perceived object motion, and motion detection.

Author : Howard Robinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2003-05-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134533022

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Perception by Howard Robinson Pdf

Questions about perception remain some of the most difficult and insoluble in both epistemology and in the philosophy of mind. This controversial but highly accessible introduction to the area explores the philosophical importance of those questions by re-examining what had until recent times been the most popular theory of perception - the sense-datum theory. Howard Robinson surveys the history of the arguments for and against the theory from Descartes to Husserl. He then shows that the objections to the theory, particularly Wittgenstein's attack on privacy and those of the physicalists, have been unsuccessful. He argues that we should return to the theory sense-data in order to understand perception. In doing so he seeks to overturn a consensus that has dominated the philosophy of perception for nearly half a century.

Author : Adam Pautz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317676874

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Perception by Adam Pautz Pdf

A thorough, accessible introduction to philosophy of perception unlike competitors which are higher level or edited collections Lots of beneficial student features: chapter summaries, annotated further reading, glossary Perception is one of the most important enduring problems in philosophy, with lots of renewed interest as a result of advances in cognitive science and psychology Fascinating examples such as hallucination, illusion, blindsight, the reliability of introspection Excellent complement to our strong backllist in philosophy of mind

Author : D.L.C. Maclachlan
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780773588424

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The Enigma of Perception by D.L.C. Maclachlan Pdf

How do we acquire knowledge through a sensory input from our environment? In The Enigma of Perception, D.L.C. Maclachlan revives the traditional causal representative theory of perception which dominated philosophical thinking for hundreds of years by revealing the important element of truth the theory contained. The traditional theory was not a complete explanation of perception, because it presupposed a causal system including both the physical objects and the subjective experiences. The pattern of inference from sensations to external objects, which lies at its heart, is nevertheless legitimate, because the assumptions on which it depends are generally recognized as true. The emerging enigma is how to explain this original knowledge of the world on which the traditional theory depends. The key idea is that sense experience is constructed as a response to sensory input - an act whose purpose is to represent a reality beyond the cognitive subject. The Enigma of Perception develops original ideas to explain this process in detail, with help from numerous philosophers from John Locke to David Chalmers.

Author : Arthur Stanley Eddington
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547198598

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The Nature of the Physical World by Arthur Stanley Eddington Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Nature of the Physical World" by Arthur Stanley Eddington. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Dr. Bill Brewer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199260256

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Perception and Its Objects by Dr. Bill Brewer Pdf

Bill Brewer presents, motivates, and defends a bold new solution to a fundamental problem in the philosophy of perception. What is the correct theoretical conception of perceptual experience, and how should we best understand the most fundamental nature of our perceptual relation with the physical objects in the world around us? Most theorists today analyse perception in terms of its representational content, in large part in order to avoid fatal problems attending the early modern conception of perception as a relation with particular mind-dependent objects of experience. Having set up the underlying problem and explored the lessons to be learnt from the various difficulties faced by opposing early modern responses to it, Bill Brewer argues that this contemporary approach has serious problems of its own. Furthermore, the early modern insight that perception is most fundamentally to be construed as a relation of conscious acquaintance with certain direct objects of experience is, he claims, perfectly consistent with the commonsense identification of such direct objects with persisting mind-independent physical objects themselves. Brewer here provides a critical, historical account of the philosophy of perception, in order to present a defensible vindication of empirical realism.

Author : John Pennycuick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Perception
ISBN : OCLC:44823702

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In Contact with the Physical World by John Pennycuick Pdf

Author : A. D. Smith
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Perception (Philosophy)
ISBN : 812082024X

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The Problem of Perception by A. D. Smith Pdf

In a major Contribution to the theory of perception, A.D.Smith presents a truly original defense of direct realism the view that in perception we are directly aware of things in a physical world. It offers two arguements against direct realism-one conceening illusion, and one concerning hallueination that upto now no theory of perception could adequately rebut.At the heart of Smiths theory is a new way of drawing the distinction between perception and sensation alone with an unusual treatment of the nature of object of halluecination .

Author : John Foster
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2000-03-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191519260

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The Nature of Perception by John Foster Pdf

John Foster presents a penetrating investigation of the question: what is it to perceive a physical object? Is perceptual contact with a physical object, he asks, something fundamental, or does it break down into further factors? If the latter, what are these factors, and how do they combine to secure the contact? For most of the book, Foster addresses these questions in the framework of a realist view of the physical world. But the arguments which thereby unfold - arguments which undermine direct realism and establish a version of the sense-datum theory - lead to the conclusion that we do not perceive physical objects at all. The only way to avoid this conclusion is by abandoning physical realism for a form of idealism, and this is the option which Foster finally embraces. The Nature of Perception makes a valuable contribution to the ongoing debate: it sheds light on the traditional issues, and breathes new life into positions which most current philosophers assume to be dead.

Author : Rainer Mausfeld,Dieter Heyer
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003-11-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780198505006

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Colour Perception by Rainer Mausfeld,Dieter Heyer Pdf

Colour has long been a source of fascination to both scientists and philosophers. In Colour Perception: Mind and the physical world, leading scholars from cognitive psychology, philosophy, neurophysiology, and computational vision provide an overview of the contemporary developments in our understanding of colour. Written in a non-technical style and accessible to an interdisciplinary audience, the book will provide an invaluable resource for researchers in colour perception and the cognitive sciences.

Author : David Gamez
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781783743018

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Human and Machine Consciousness by David Gamez Pdf

Consciousness is widely perceived as one of the most fundamental, interesting and difficult problems of our time. However, we still know next to nothing about the relationship between consciousness and the brain and we can only speculate about the consciousness of animals and machines. Human and Machine Consciousness presents a new foundation for the scientific study of consciousness. It sets out a bold interpretation of consciousness that neutralizes the philosophical problems and explains how we can make scientific predictions about the consciousness of animals, brain-damaged patients and machines. Gamez interprets the scientific study of consciousness as a search for mathematical theories that map between measurements of consciousness and measurements of the physical world. We can use artificial intelligence to discover these theories and they could make accurate predictions about the consciousness of humans, animals and artificial systems. Human and Machine Consciousness also provides original insights into unusual conscious experiences, such as hallucinations, religious experiences and out-of-body states, and demonstrates how ‘designer’ states of consciousness could be created in the future. Gamez explains difficult concepts in a clear way that closely engages with scientific research. His punchy, concise prose is packed with vivid examples, making it suitable for the educated general reader as well as philosophers and scientists. Problems are brought to life in colourful illustrations and a helpful summary is given at the end of each chapter. The endnotes provide detailed discussions of individual points and full references to the scientific and philosophical literature.