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Constancy Mechanisms and Distal Content: a Reply to Garson.
- Source :
- Philosophical Quarterly; Jan2022, Vol. 72 Issue 1, p229-237, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Sensory perceptions represent things in the outside world. This mundane fact raises a major problem for naturalistic theories of content: the 'distality problem'. In a previous paper for this journal, I presented a solution to this problem which makes central appeal to constancy mechanisms. Justin Garson, also in this journal, recently criticized my solution and suggested a Dretskean alternative to it. Here, I defend my proposal by arguing, first, that Garson's criticisms ultimately miss the mark, and secondly, that his Dretskean alternative is not viable, because it faces two fundamental problems: the empirical problem and the problem of changing response functions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- VISUAL perception
PHOTORECEPTORS
RETINAL imaging
TRIANGULATION
ETHOLOGISTS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00318094
- Volume :
- 72
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Philosophical Quarterly
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 157486589
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqab008