Current Controversies in Philosophy of Perception
1st Edition
Published on 29. July 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
202 pages
978-1-138-84008-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides an up-to-date and accessible overview of the hottest and most influential contemporary debates in philosophy of perception, written especially for this volume by many of the most important philosophers of the field. The book addresses the following key questions: Can perception be unconscious? What is the relation between perception and attention? What properties can we perceive? Are perceptual states representations? How is vision different from the other sense modalities (like hearing or smell)? How do these sense modalities interact with one another? Contributors are Ned Block, Berit Brogaard, Alex Byrne, Robert Kentridge, John Kulvicki, Heather Logue, Mohan Matthen, Bence Nanay, Matt Nudds, Casey O'Callaghan, Adam Pautz, Ian Phillips, Susanna Siegel and Wayne Wu.
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"A really well structured and important new collection of papers, dealing with central issues in the philosophy of perception. Required reading for anyone who has an interest in the latest philosophical debates about perception."Michael Tye, University of Texas at Austin, USA
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English
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London
United Kingdom
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
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Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
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978-1-138-84008-9 (9781138840089)
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Content
Current Controversies in the Philosophy of Perception
Edited by Bence Nanay
Table of contents:
Bence Nanay: Philosophy of perception: A road map with lots of bypass roads
Part I: Are perceptual states representations?
Adam Pautz: Experiences are representations: An empirical argument.
Heather Logue: Are perceptual experiences just representations?
Part II: Is perception thin or rich?
Susanna Siegel and Alex Byrne: Rich or thin?
Part III: Non-visual sense modalities
John Kulvicki: Auditory perspectives
Matthew Nudds: Non-visual senses: The distinctive role of sounds and smells.
Part IV: The multimodality of perception
Casey O'Callaghan: Enhancement through coordination
Mohan Matthen: Is perceptual experience normally multimodal?
Part V: Is attention necessary for perception?
Bob Kentridge and Berit Brogaard: The functional roles of attention
Wayne Wu: Attention and perception: A necessary connection?
Part VI: Can perception be unconscious?
Ian Phillips and Ned Block: Debate on unconscious perception
Appendix
Other controversies in philosophy of perception
Edited by Bence Nanay
Table of contents:
Bence Nanay: Philosophy of perception: A road map with lots of bypass roads
Part I: Are perceptual states representations?
Adam Pautz: Experiences are representations: An empirical argument.
Heather Logue: Are perceptual experiences just representations?
Part II: Is perception thin or rich?
Susanna Siegel and Alex Byrne: Rich or thin?
Part III: Non-visual sense modalities
John Kulvicki: Auditory perspectives
Matthew Nudds: Non-visual senses: The distinctive role of sounds and smells.
Part IV: The multimodality of perception
Casey O'Callaghan: Enhancement through coordination
Mohan Matthen: Is perceptual experience normally multimodal?
Part V: Is attention necessary for perception?
Bob Kentridge and Berit Brogaard: The functional roles of attention
Wayne Wu: Attention and perception: A necessary connection?
Part VI: Can perception be unconscious?
Ian Phillips and Ned Block: Debate on unconscious perception
Appendix
Other controversies in philosophy of perception