The Unity of Perception: Content, Consciousness, Evidence

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Susanna Schellenberg (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers University)

The Unity of Perception

Content, Consciousness, Evidence

Susanna Schellenberg (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers University)

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Oxford University Press
30 June 2021

Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Philosophy of mind; Perception

Perception is our key to the world. It plays at least three different roles in our lives. It justifies beliefs and provides us with knowledge of our environment. It brings about conscious mental states. It converts informational input, such as light and sound waves, into representations of invariant features in our environment. Corresponding to these three roles, there are at least three fundamental questions that have motivated the study of perception. How does perception justify beliefs and yield knowledge of our environment? How does perception bring about conscious mental states? How does a perceptual system accomplish the feat of converting varying informational input into mental representations of invariant features in our environment? This book presents a unified account of the phenomenological and epistemological role of perception that is informed by empirical research. It develops an account of perception that provides an answer to the first two questions, while being sensitive to scientific accounts that address the third question. The key idea is that perception is constituted by employing perceptual capacities, for example, the capacity to discriminate instances of red from instances of blue. Perceptual content, consciousness, and evidence are each analyzed in terms of this basic property of perception. Employing perceptual capacities constitutes phenomenal character as well as perceptual content. The primacy of employing perceptual capacities in perception over their derivative employment in hallucination and illusion grounds the epistemic force of perceptual experience. In this way, this book provides a unified account of perceptual content, consciousness, and evidence.

By: Susanna Schellenberg (Professor of Philosophy Professor of Philosophy Rutgers University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 420g
ISBN: 9780192846228
ISBN 10: 0192846221
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 30 June 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Susanna Schellenberg is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University, where she holds a secondary appointment at the Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science. Before joining Rutgers, she was an Associate Professor (previously Assistant Professor and Postdoc) at the Australian National University's Research School of Social Sciences. Her work has been published widely in journals such as Nous, The Journal of Philosophy, Mind, and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. She is the 2016 recipient of the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award of the Humboldt Foundation.

Reviews for The Unity of Perception: Content, Consciousness, Evidence

The Unity of Perception offers a grand synoptic vision of how perception, consciousness and knowledge fit together. It is a remarkable achievement. . . . there is every reason for philosophers with an interest in mind or epistemology to read The Unity of Perception. * Alex Byrne, Analysis * The Unity of Perception is an ambitious and wide-ranging book - one that presents a unified account and then uses it to address Big Questions about perception. . . . Schellenberg's proposals are important, and will play a role in future discussion of these matters. * Jonathan Cohen, Analysis * Rich and rewarding. * Matthew McGrath, Analysis * The Unity of Perception is an interesting and thought-provoking book. The central view - capacitism - and its broad implications for philosophy of perception, epistemology, philosophy of mind, and cognitive science make this book a valuable contribution to anyone working on perception, and I have no doubt that it will draw a great deal of well-deserved attention. * Arnon Cahen, Perception *