The Puzzle of Perceptual Justification. Conscious Experience, Higher-Order Beliefs, and Reliable Processes.
Harmen Ghijsen
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Description for The Puzzle of Perceptual Justification. Conscious Experience, Higher-Order Beliefs, and Reliable Processes.
Hardback. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 438.
This book provides an accessible and up-to-date discussion of contemporary theories of perceptual justification that each highlight different factors related to perception, i.e., conscious experience, higher-order beliefs, and reliable processes. The book’s discussion starts from the viewpoint that perception is not only one of our fundamental sources of knowledge and justification, but also plays this role for many less sophisticated animals. It proposes a scientifically informed reliabilist theory which can accommodate this fact without denying that some of our epistemic abilities as human perceivers are special. This allows it to combine many ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Library
Number of Pages
165
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319304984
SKU
V9783319304984
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About Harmen Ghijsen
Harmen Ghijsen is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Philosophy at KU Leuven and a member of the Leuven Epistemology Group. His area of research is located at the intersection of philosophy of mind and epistemology and focuses on integrating epistemological theories with our actual cognitive architecture. He has published numerous articles related to this ... Read more
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