Phenomenology and the Norms of Perception

In philosophy, perception is usually evaluated considering epistemological concerns about truth and falsity. Doyon suggests instead that it is governed by different, immanent "perceptual norms" that are not disconnected from reality; rather they tell us how our experience of reality is shaped. This book explores these ideas and their implications.

List of contents

• Introduction


• Part I: WHAT ARE PERCEPTUAL NORMS? INSIGHTS FROM CLASSICAL PHENOMENOLOGY


• 1: Husserl's Normative Account of Perception


• 2: Perceptual Normativity in Merleau-Ponty


• Part II: THE EMBODIMENT OF NORMS


• 3: Bodily Self-Awareness and Agency


• 4: Multisensory Perception


• 5: Perceptual Learning


• PART III: SOCIALITY AND NORMATIVITY


• 6: Perceiving Others


• 7: Perceiving Together

About the author

Maxime Doyon is currently Associate Professor of Philosophy at Université de Montréal, Canada. He earned his PhD in 2009 at the Husserl Archive of the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany, and was postdoctoral research fellow at McGill University and University of Chicago, and more recently Humboldt fellow at the Universität-zu-Köln and at the Centre for Subjectivity Research at the University of Copenhagen. His research focuses on various topics and problems in philosophy perception, philosophy of mind, and especially phenomenology. He is the co-editor of the volume Normativity in Perception (2015).

Summary

In philosophy, perception is usually evaluated considering epistemological concerns about truth and falsity. Doyon suggests instead that it is governed by different, immanent "perceptual norms" that are not disconnected from reality; rather they tell us how our experience of reality is shaped. This book explores these ideas and their implications.

Product details

• Authors: Maxime Doyon, Maxime (Professor of Philosophy Doyon, Doyon Maxime
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.06.2024
• EAN: 9780198884224
• ISBN: 978-0-19-888422-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, Philosophy of Mind, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Phenomenology and Existentialism