The Problem of Perception
- ISBN-10
- 812082024X
- ISBN-13
- 9788120820241
- Category
- Perception (Philosophy).
- Pages
- 324
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
- Author
- A. D. Smith
Description
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. It offers two arguements against direct realism-one conceening illusion, and one concerning hallueination that upto now no theory of perception could adequately rebut.At the heart of Smiths theory is a new way of drawing the distinction between perception and sensation alone with an unusual treatment of the nature of object of halluecination .
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