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What it is like to perceive : direct realism and the phenomenal character of perception /

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Thought, including conscious perception, is representation. But perceptual representation is uniquely direct, permitting immediate acquaintance with the world and ensuring perception's distinctive phenomenal character. The perceptive mind is extended. It recruits the very objects perceived to c...

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Main Author: Maloney, J. Christopher (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Perception (Philosophy)
Mental representation.
Intentionalism.
Realism.
Perception (Philosophie)
Représentation mentale.
Intentionnalité (Psychologie)
Réalisme.
perception.
PHILOSOPHY > Epistemology.
Intentionalism
Mental representation
Realism
Electronic books.
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Summary:Thought, including conscious perception, is representation. But perceptual representation is uniquely direct, permitting immediate acquaintance with the world and ensuring perception's distinctive phenomenal character. The perceptive mind is extended. It recruits the very objects perceived to constitute self-referential representations determinative of what it is like to perceive.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190854768
0190854766
9780190854775
0190854774
0190854782
9780190854782