Paul F Snowdon, Stephan Blatti

Gebundenes Buch

Essays on Perceptual Experience

Beschreibung

This volume collects essays by Paul F. Snowdon on the philosophy of perception. The first part refines Snowdon's formulation of disjunctivism, examines the role of causation, and evaluates sensa-data theories. The second part contains critical examinations of the views propounded by several influential philosophers.

Autor

Paul F. Snowdon (1946-2022) read Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at University College, Oxford, and remained there for the BPhil. He was appointed a lecturer in philosophy at Reading University in 1970, and became a Fellow and Lecturer in Philosophy at Exeter College, Oxford the following year. From 2001 until his retirement in 2015, he was Grote Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic at University College London. Snowdon served as President of the Aristotelian Society and held visiting posts at the Australian National University (Australia), Umea University (Sweden), the University of Otago (New Zealand), and Williams College (USA). Stephan Blatti is Director of University Honors and Affiliate Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland. Before coming to Maryland, he was Chair and Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Memphis, where he also served as Director of the Marcus W. Orr Center for the Humanities and Editor of The Southern Journal of Philosophy. He previously held appointments at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Blatti received a BPhil and DPhil from the University of Oxford (under the supervision of Paul Snowdon) and a BA from Ohio State University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 165mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 767g
• ISBN-13: 9780199658299
• ISBN-10: 0199658293
• Artikelnr.: 72061330