Perception - Couverture souple

Robinson, Howard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0415249937 ISBN 13 : 9780415249935

Editeur : Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

Book by Robinson Howard

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A controversial yet accessible introduction surveying perception. Covers theory from Descartes and the empiricists through Wittgenstein on privacy to contemporary physicalist theories, with a focus on the sense-datum theory.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0415249937
• ISBN 13: 9780415249935
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 276