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Additional Physical Format: | Erscheint auch als Church, Jennifer. Possibilities of perception |
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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Computer File, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jennifer Church |
ISBN: | 9780199678440 0199678448 9780191757945 0191757942 |
OCLC Number: | 870302678 |
Description: | 1 Online-Ressource |
Contents: | Acknowledgements ; INTRODUCTION ; 1. Perception and the Experience of Objectivity ; 2. The Role of the Imagination ; 3. Perceiving Reasons ; 4. The Further Reaches of Perception ; 5. Moral Perception ; 6. Aesthetic Perception ; Conclusion ; REFERENCES |
Responsibility: | Jennifer Church. |
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Overall, Possibilities of Perception is a good read, especially for its several clear examples ... [Church's] book will be of more interest to anyone concerned with either the imagination and its role in experience or with epistemic, ethical and aesthetic normativity and the connections between them. Also, while they are niche audiences, Church's book should interest Collingwood scholars for its presentation and defense of a similar theory of imagination tohis own, and philosophers of photography/film for its discussion of perceiving remote states of affairs (Chapter 4), which is relevant for the debate surrounding photographic transparency. * David Collins, Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review * Possibilities of Perception is a stimulating, wide-ranging treatment of perception in its many guises that should be of interest to a commensurately wide audience. * The Review of Metaphysics * Read more...

