200
January 16
Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 12 - 1:15 pm PT
Q2
Level
Start Date
Live Class
Quarter
Course Description
Topics include perception as the inerrant foundation of the conceptual faculty and of conceptual knowledge; the question of the validity of the senses; presentationalism vs. representationalism; the three skeptical attacks on perception; sensations and perception; the (partial) integration of J. J. Gibson’s work on perception with Objectivism; the primacy of perception.
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