2024 Fall

PHILOS 136 103 - DIS 103

Philosophy of Perception

Luna Cheng

Aug 28, 2024 - Dec 13, 2024

11:00 am - 11:59 am

Social Sciences Building 180

Class #:32861

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Philosophy

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: -2

Enrolled: 18

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 16

Waitlist Max: 5

No Reserved Seats

Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 8 hours of outside work hours per week, and 1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.

The philosophy of perception is a microcosm of the metaphysics of mind. Its central problems - What is perception? What is the nature of perceptual consciousness? How can one fit an account of perceptual experience into a broader account of the nature of the mind and the world? - are problems at the heart of metaphysics. It is often justifiably said that the theory of perception (and especially vision) is the area of psychology and neuroscience that has made the greatest progress in recent years. Despite this progress, or perhaps because of it, philosophical problems about perception retain a great urgency, both for philosophy and for science.