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1、Whatweare,whatwecanknow,andhowwefitintotheworldturncentrallyontheanalysisofperception.InTheMetaphysicsofPerceptionPaulCoatesteasesapartthetensionsthathavesystematicallyconfusedphilosophersofperceptionanddefendsasophisticatedformofthecausaltheoryofperception.Inhis
2、detailedresponsestorecentRealistargumentsandhiscarefulconsiderationofmodernpsychologyofperceptionandthegrowingbodyofempiricalresults,Coateshasessentiallyre-inventedCriticalRealism,revising,expanding,fillingin,anddeepeningtheproto-theoryfoundinSellarspe`reetfils.Co
3、atesstheoryistheonlyoneIknowthatisathomeaccountingforthefactthatperceptionisfirst-personalandqualitativeandyetsubjecttoempirical,scientificinvestigation.Itwillbecomealandmarkinthephilosophyofperception.WillemdeVries,ProfessorofPhilosophy,UniversityofNewHampshireSt
4、eeringalucidcoursebetweensense-datatheoryandDirectRealism,Coatesdeliversanuanced,up-to-dateversionoftheCriticalRealismassociatedwithWilfridSellars.Thisisatimelyandimportantcontributionthatsuc-cessfullyintegratesscientific,philosophical,andfirst-personperspectiveso
5、nthenatureofperceptionandtherelationbetweenexperienceanditsobjects.AndyClark,ProfessorofLogicandMetaphysics,UniversityofEdinburghThepublicationofthisbookisamajoreventinthephilosophyofperception.PaulCoatesdevelopsadeeplythoughtouttheoryandmakespowerfulcri-ticisms
6、ofalternativeaccounts.Itmeritsattentionfromeveryoneinterestedinitstopic.PaulSnowdon,GroteProfessorofMindandLogic,UniversityCollege,LondonTheMetaphysicsofPerceptionThisbookchallengescontemporaryDirectRealisttheoriesofperceptionanddefendsaversionofthecausaltheoryt
7、hattheauthorlocatesintheCriticalRealisttraditionofwhichWilfridSellarsisthemainrecentexponent.TheauthorhighlightsthedifficultiesDirectRealistsfaceinprovidingacoherentpositiveaccountoftheirview.Hedevelopsananalysisofperceptualexperiencederivedfromthelaterwritingso
8、fSellars.Accordingtothisaccountexperienceinvolvesbothlow-levelconceptsandadistinctsensorycomponent.Thisviewmakessenseofthevariousnotionsofnon-conceptualcontentappeale
