Descartes, malebranche, and the crisis of perception /

Seventeenth-century French philosophers grappled with a lasting problem: how do we use qualities such as color, feel, and sound to locate objects in the world, even though these qualities are not real? Walter Ott explores the debate about perceptual experience, covering Descartes and Malebranche alo...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Ott, Walter R.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
Seventeenth-century French philosophers grappled with a lasting problem: how do we use qualities such as color, feel, and sound to locate objects in the world, even though these qualities are not real? Walter Ott explores the debate about perceptual experience, covering Descartes and Malebranche alongside their less known contemporaries.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xv, 240 pages)
Anmerkungen:
This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-250945-4
0-19-183959-0
0-19-250944-6
Schlagworte:
Descartes, René, > 1596-1650.
Malebranche, Nicolas, > 1638-1715.
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