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Representationalism and indeterminate perceptual content

John Dilworth

pp. 369-387

Abstract

Representationalists currently cannot explain counter-examples that involve indeterminate perceptual content, but a double content (DC) view is more promising. Four related cases of perceptual imprecision are used to outline the DC view, which also applies to imprecise photographic content. Next, inadequacies in the more standard single content (SC) view are demonstrated. The results are then generalized so as to apply to the content of any kinds of non-conventional representation. The paper continues with evidence that a DC account provides a moderate rather than extreme realist account of perception, and it concludes with an initial analysis of the failure of nomic covariance accounts of information in indeterminacy cases.

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(2007) Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 6 (3).

Pages: 369-387

DOI: 10.1007/s11097-007-9050-6

Full citation:

Dilworth John (2007) „Representationalism and indeterminate perceptual content“. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 6 (3), 369–387.