It is, finally, on the contingent occasion of a visit from another boy that Gricha totally overcomes his jealousy, resolves the problem that has been posed by the birth of his sister, and institutes a new way of being in the world.
In a major Contribution to the theory of perception, A.D.Smith presents a truly original defense of direct realism the view that in perception we are directly aware of things in a physical world.
Sense Perception and Reality: A Theory of Perceptual Relativity, Quantum Mechanics and the Observer Dependent Universe
The essays in this 2010 volume open up novel paths across familiar fields of thought: the objectivity of interpretation, the fixity of the past, the acquisition of language, and the nature of human consciousness.
In this book a distinguished group of philosophers addresses questions like these by drawing on historical and contemporary sources, illuminating the intersections between historical and contemporary philosophical discussion.
This volume presents a collection of chapters examining fundamental assumptions of contemporary debates in the philosophy of perception.