Raffaella De Rosa

Descartes and the Puzzle of Sensory Representation

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Produktbeschreibung

Raffaella De Rosa discusses the theory of sensory perception, especially color perception, offered by Ren¿escartes. She offers a detailed overview of the recent literature on the topic and provides a new reading of Descartes' theory; she also raises questions of great interest in the contemporary philosophy of mind and cognitive science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 266g
• ISBN-13: 9780199686797
• ISBN-10: 0199686793
• Artikelnr.: 39338133

Autorenporträt

Raffaella De Rosa is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* Acknowledgements
* Abbreviations
* 1: Overview
* 2: Descartes' Account of Ideas and the Puzzle of Sensory
Misrepresentation
* 3: Non-Representationalist Solutions: Cartesian Sensations as Qualia
* 4: Externalist Solutions: Causal Accounts
* 5: Externalist Solutions: Teleofunctional Accounts
* 6: A Descriptivist-Causal Account and the Solution of the Puzzle of
Sensory Misrepresentation
* 7: Objections and Replies
* 8: Conclusion
* References