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Soteriou, Matthew (2011) Review of Perception, by Robinson, H. Mind, Vol.120 (No.479). pp. 901-906. ISSN 0026-4423
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzr063
Abstract
Howard Robinson's Perception is now rightly regarded as essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the sense-datum theory of perception and its motivations. It should also be regarded as essential reading for those with a more general philosophical interest in perception and sensory consciousness. As well as discussing the history of the sense-datum theory, and the nature of sense-data and their relation to the physical world, Robinson offers critiques of physicalist theories of perception, intentional/representational theories, adverbial theories, and naive realist/disjunctivist theories. Along the way he also discusses Wittgenstein's private language argument and the nature of secondary qualities. Over the course of the book we are presented with a sustained, and forthright, defence of a sense-datum theory in its traditional form. The arguments are clear, briskly delivered, and challenging. Here I highlight two key elements in Robinson's case for a sense-datum theory, which I think pose an especially serious challenge for his opponents. These are his articulation and defence of the ‘phenomenal principle’ and his ‘revised’ causal argument for sense-data.
Item Type: | Book Review | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Mind | ||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||
ISSN: | 0026-4423 | ||||
Book Title: | Perception | ||||
Official Date: | July 2011 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.120 | ||||
Number: | No.479 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 901-906 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1093/mind/fzr063 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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