86 371 - Philosophy of Perception

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Carnegie Mellon University

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This course addresses questions concerning the nature of perception. We?ll attempt to answer a variety of questions including (but not limited to): What is perception? How is it different from thought? Must perception be conscious? Can there by unconscious perception? Do we perceive the world directly? Do we see only images? Does perception represent the world? How many senses are there and how do we divide them? How is vision different from touch or audition? Is taste a sense? Is smell? Is proprioception or the sense of pain? What are hallucinations? Is imagination a form of perception? What are colors, sounds as objects of perception? Is there a difference between silence and deafness? Do we perceive only what we attend? How can understanding the brain help us understand perception? At every point, we will keep touch with the empirical literature.

Credits:

9.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.cmu.edu/

Phone Number:

(412) 268-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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