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Perception, belief, and the structure of physical objects and consciousness

Conclusion

We have now provided an overall simple theoretical account of the structure of perceptual experience proto-philosophically examined in Part I. The next task is to find the proper logical machinery to formulatte those accounts rigorously.

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This essay is an abridgment of a monograph written while the author enjoyed both a 1975–76 sabbatical leave from Indiana University and a concurrent grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for doing research in metaphysics.

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CastaƱeda, HN. Perception, belief, and the structure of physical objects and consciousness. Synthese 35, 285–351 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00485549

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Keywords

  • Physical Object
  • Perceptual Experience
  • Theoretical Account
  • Logical Machinery