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Thomas Reid and the Problem of Secondary Qualities
Engelsk Hardback
Thomas Reid and the Problem of Secondary Qualities
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Defends Reid''s Common Sense philosophy against the claim that perception does not allow us to experience the physical world

With a new reading of Thomas Reid on primary and secondary qualities, Christopher A. Shrock illuminates the Common Sense theory of perception. Shrock follow''s Reid''s lead in defending common sense philosophy against the problem of secondary qualities, which claims that our perceptions are only experiences in our brains, and don''t let us know about the world around us. At the same time, Schrock maintains a healthy optimism about science and reason.

Common sense philosophy states that we connect with the physical world around us through our perception of it. Philosophers call this view of perception ''direct realism''. The opposite view to this is ''the problem of secondary qualities'', which relegates our perceptions--from colours, smells, sounds and tastes to how long something looks or how heavy something feels--to the mental realm, because science has no objective place for them. The logical conclusion of this argument is that we can never perceive physical objects or their properties through our senses.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
192
ISBN-13:
9781474417846
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1474417841
Udg. Dato:
31 okt 2017
Længde:
17mm
Bredde:
241mm
Højde:
164mm
Forlag:
Edinburgh University Press
Oplagsdato:
31 okt 2017
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