Intentionalism and the Problem of the Object of Perception

ABSTRACT: In this paper, I intend to review the intentionalist account of perceptual experience in order to deal with some difficulties that it faces in adequately specifying the nature and object of perceptual experience. My aim is to show that it is possible for the intentionalists to incorporate...

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Main Author: Karla Chediak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista 2016-06-01
Series:Trans/Form/Ação
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-31732016000200087&lng=en&tlng=en
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Summary:ABSTRACT: In this paper, I intend to review the intentionalist account of perceptual experience in order to deal with some difficulties that it faces in adequately specifying the nature and object of perceptual experience. My aim is to show that it is possible for the intentionalists to incorporate the disjunctivist thesis that the object of perception is part of perceptual experiences, without renouncing the common factor principle. I argue that, in order to do this, it is necessary to engage with the concept of biological function and to review the concept of a perceptual object.
ISSN:1980-539X