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Percepts are selected from nonconceptual sensory fields

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 March 2004

Edmond Wright
Edmond Wright*
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Abstract:

Steven Lehar allows too much to his direct realist opponent in using the word “subjective” of the sensory field per se. The latter retains its nonconceptual, nonmental nature even when explored by perceptual judgement. He also needs to stress the evolutionary value of perceptual differences between person and person, a move that enables one to undermine the direct realist's superstitious certainty about the singular object.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , August 2003 , pp. 429 - 430
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003

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