Perception, Realism, and the Problem of Reference.

Perception, Realism, and the Problem of Reference.

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Author / Creator:	Raftopoulos, Athanassios.
Imprint:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Description:	1 online resource (300 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Reference (Philosophy) Perception (Philosophy) Realism. Perception (Philosophy) Realism. Reference (Philosophy) Electronic book. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11830100

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Other authors / contributors:	Machamer, Peter.
ISBN:	0511979274 9780511979279 128064723X 9781280647239 9781139379274 1139379275 9781139376419 1139376411 9780521198776 0521198771 9781139374989 9781107414648 1107414644
Notes:	3 the swing of the pendulum ii: causal theories of reference. REFERENCESCHAPTER 6: Individuation, reference, and sortal terms; 1 SORTAL, CATEGORIAL, AND TRANSCATEGORIAL TERMS; 2 CRITERIA OF IDENTITY AND SORTAL PERSISTENCE CONDITIONS; 3 TWO NOTIONS OF INDIVIDUATION; 4 OBJECT PERCEPTION AND SINGULAR THOUGHT; 5 CATEGORIALISM AND LINGUISTIC REFERENCE; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7: Action, perception, and reference; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ALTERNATIVES OLD AND NEW; GIBSON AND ACTIVE PERCEPTION; COGNITIVE GRAMMARS; CONCLUSION: ACTIVITY, REFERENCE, AND REALISM; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8: Personal and semantic reference; TWO SUBJECTS OF REFERENCE; THE ISSUES; P-REFERENCE REDUX. Print version record.
Summary:	The chapters in the book address the problem of reference as it relates to perception and to debates about realism.
Other form:	Print version: Raftopoulos, Athanassios. Perception, Realism, and the Problem of Reference. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2012 9780521198776
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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 science, epistemology, philosophy of psychology, cognitive science and action theory.
Item Description:	3 the swing of the pendulum ii: causal theories of reference.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (300 pages)
Bibliography:	REFERENCESCHAPTER 6: Individuation, reference, and sortal terms; 1 SORTAL, CATEGORIAL, AND TRANSCATEGORIAL TERMS; 2 CRITERIA OF IDENTITY AND SORTAL PERSISTENCE CONDITIONS; 3 TWO NOTIONS OF INDIVIDUATION; 4 OBJECT PERCEPTION AND SINGULAR THOUGHT; 5 CATEGORIALISM AND LINGUISTIC REFERENCE; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7: Action, perception, and reference; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ALTERNATIVES OLD AND NEW; GIBSON AND ACTIVE PERCEPTION; COGNITIVE GRAMMARS; CONCLUSION: ACTIVITY, REFERENCE, AND REALISM; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8: Personal and semantic reference; TWO SUBJECTS OF REFERENCE; THE ISSUES; P-REFERENCE REDUX.
ISBN:	0511979274 9780511979279 128064723X 9781280647239 9781139379274 1139379275 9781139376419 1139376411 9780521198776 0521198771 9781139374989 9781107414648 1107414644