Perception, Realism, and the Problem of Reference
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Perception, Realism, and the Problem of Reference

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Perception, Realism, and the Problem of Reference

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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 science, epistemology, philosophy of psychology, cognitive science and action theory.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. PERCEPTION, REALISM, AND THE PROBLEM OF REFERENCE
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Figures
  7. Contributors
  8. CHAPTER 1: Reference, perception, and realism
  9. CHAPTER 2: Towards an (improved) interdisciplinary investigation of demonstrative reference
  10. CHAPTER 3: Visual demonstratives
  11. CHAPTER 4: Losing grip on the world: from illusion to sense-data
  12. CHAPTER 5: Perceiving the intended model
  13. CHAPTER 6: Individuation, reference, and sortal terms
  14. CHAPTER 7: Action, perception, and reference
  15. CHAPTER 8: Personal and semantic reference
  16. CHAPTER 9: Reference from a behaviorist point of view
  17. CHAPTER 10: Causal descriptivism and the reference of theoretical terms
  18. CHAPTER 11: Scientific representation, denotation, and explanatory power
  19. CHAPTER 12: Referring to localized cognitive operations in parts of dynamically active brains
  20. Index