The Metaphysics of Perception

Informationen zum Autor PAUL COATES is Professor in the Film Studies Department of the University of Western Ontario, Canada. He is the author of The Story of the Lost Reflection (1985), The Gorgon's Gaze: German Cinema, Expressionism and the Image of Horror (1991) and Cinema, Religion and the Romantic Legacy (2003). Klappentext This book is an important study in the philosophy of the mind; drawing on the work of philosopher Wilfrid Sellars and the theory of critical realism to develop a novel argument for understanding perception and metaphysics. Zusammenfassung This book is an important study in the philosophy of the mind; drawing on the work of philosopher Wilfrid Sellars and the theory of critical realism to develop a novel argument for understanding perception and metaphysics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 The structure of perceptual consciousness (1): Phenomenal qualities and the two-component viewChapter 2 The structure of perceptual consciousness (2): Concepts and the awareness of fineness of grainChapter 3 Hallucinations, illusions and the challenge of metaphysical scepticismChapter 4 The incoherence of Direct RealismChapter 5 Problems for the enactive approach to perceptionChapter 6 Perception, understanding and causationChapter 7 A navigational account of distance perceptionChapter 8 Critical Realism and the alleged transparency of experienceChapter 9 Imagination and the unity of experienceChapter 10 Inner experience and the possibility of knowledge

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Paul Coates
• Verlag: External catalogues UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 17.11.2009
• EAN: 9780415874472
• ISBN: 978-0-415-87447-2
• Serie: Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy
• Themen: Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -