The Contents of Experience
Essays on Perception

A 1992 volume of essays which examines traditional and contemporary problems of perception.

Tim Crane (Edited by)

9780521417273, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 12 March 1992

288 pages
23.5 x 15.7 x 2.8 cm, 0.6 kg

"This is a solid volume of essays. The essays are current and focused on core issues....all are competent contributions to the discussion." Stephen R. C. Hicks, Review of Metaphysics

The nature of perception has long been a central question in philosophy. It is of crucial importance not just in the philosophy of mind, but also in epistemology, metaphysics, aesthetics, and the philosophy of science. The essays in this 1992 volume not only offer fresh answers to some of the traditional problems of perception, but also examine the subject in light of contemporary research on mental content. A substantial introduction locates the essays within the recent history of the subject, and demonstrates the links between them. The Contents of Experience brings together some prominent philosophers in the field, and offers a major statement on a problem central to current philosophical thinking. Notable contributors include Christopher Peacocke, Brian O'Shaughnessy and Michael Tye.

Preface
1. Introduction Tim Crane
2. The puzzle of experience J. J. Valberg
3. How to interpret 'direct perception' Paul Snowdon
4. Experience and its objects E. J. Lowe
5. Scenarios, concepts and perception Christopher Peacocke
6. The nonconceptual content of experience Tim Crane
7. Visual qualia and visual content Michael Tye
8. The projective theory of sensory content Thomas Baldwin
9. Sight and touch Michael Martin
10. The diversity and unity of action and perception Brian O'Shaughnessy
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Philosophy of mind [HPM]