Hallucination : philosophy and psychology /

Reflection on the nature of hallucination has relevance for many traditional philosophical debates concerning the nature of the mind, perception, and our knowledge of the world. In recent years, neuroimaging techniques and scientific findings on the nature of hallucination, combined with interest in...

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Other Authors: Macpherson, Fiona (Editor), Platchias, Dimitris (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2013]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Reflection on the nature of hallucination has relevance for many traditional philosophical debates concerning the nature of the mind, perception, and our knowledge of the world. In recent years, neuroimaging techniques and scientific findings on the nature of hallucination, combined with interest in new philosophical theories of perception such as disjunctivism, have brought the topic of hallucination once more to the forefront of philosophical thinking. This book offers interdisciplinary perspectives on the nature of hallucination.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 421 pages) : color illustrations
ISBN:9781461939443
1461939445
9780262315050
026231505X
1299814549
9781299814547
9780262315067
0262315068
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9780262019200.001.0001