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Perception, realism and the problem of reference
- Title
- Perception, realism and the problem of reference / edited by Athanassios Raftopoulos and Peter Machamer.
- Publication
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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- Description
- viii, 290 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "One of the perennial themes in philosophy is the problem of our access to the world around us; do our perceptual systems bring us into contact with the world as it is or does perception depend upon our individual conceptual frameworks? This volume of new essays examines reference as it relates to perception, action and realism, and the questions which arise if there is no neutral perspective or independent way to know the world. The essays discuss the nature of referring, concentrating on the way perceptual reference links us with the observable world, and go on to examine the implications of theories of perceptual reference for realism and the way in which scientific theories refer and thus connect us with the world. They will be of interest to a wide range of readers in philosophy of psychology, cognitive science and action theory"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Reference, perception, and realism Athanassios Raftopoulos and Peter Machamer; 2. Towards an (improved) interdisciplinary investigation of demonstrative reference Amanda Brovold and Rick Grush; 3. Visual demonstratives Mohan Matthen; 4. Losing grip on the world: from illusion to sense-data Derek Brown; 5. Perceiving the intended model John Campbell; 6. Individuation, reference, and sortal terms Jonathan Lowe; 7. Action, perception, and reference Peter Machamer and Lisa Osbeck; 8. Personal and semantic reference Gerald Vision; 9. Reference from a behaviorist point of view Don Howard; 10. Causal-descriptivism and the reference of theoretical terms Stathis Psillos; 11. Scientific representation, denotation, and explanatory power Demetris Portides; 12. Referring to localized cognitive operations in parts of dynamically active brains William Bechtel.
- Call Number
- JFE 12-5071
- ISBN
- 9780521198776 (hardback)
- 0521198771 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2011051918
- OCLC
- YBP 2011051918
- Title
- Perception, realism and the problem of reference / edited by Athanassios Raftopoulos and Peter Machamer.
- Imprint
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Raftopoulos, Athanassios.Machamer, Peter K.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 12-5071