Perceptual Knowledge
Jonathan Dancy(Editor)
Oxford University Press
Published on 11. August 1988
Book
Hardback
230 pages
978-0-19-875075-8 (ISBN)
Description
This volume collects articles on epistemology and the theory of perception, introducing readers to the various problems that face a successful theory of perceptual knowledge.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 190 mm
Width: 130 mm
Weight
403 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-875075-8 (9780198750758)
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Content
Introduction. Knowledge and scepticism; discrimination and perceptual knowledge; the causal theory of perception; veridical hallucination and prosthetic vision; perception and its objects; the existence of mental objects; perception and belief; sensation and perception; coherence, certainty and epistemic priority; more on givenness and explanatory coherence; perception, vision and causation; criteria, defeasibility and knowledge. Notes on contributors. Further reading. Index.