Although current debates in epistemology and philosophy of mind show a renewed interest in perceptual illusions, there is no systematic work in the philosophy of perception and in the psychology of perception with respect to the concept of illusion and the relation between illusion and error. This book aims tofill that gap. CLOTILDE CALABI Associate Professor of Theories of Mind and Language at the University of Milano, Italy. Her research focuses on philosophy of perception, emotions and attention. Her publications include 'The Choosing Mind and theJudging Will. An Analysis of Attention' (1993); 'Passioni e Ragioni' (1996) and 'Filosofia della Percezione' (2009). INDICE: Acknowledgements - Notes on Contributors - Introduction; 'C.Calabi- 'PART I: WHAT IS AN ILLUSION? - The Illusion of Visual Illusions; 'R.Schwartz - 'Illusions that We Should Have (but don't); 'N.Bruno - 'The Awareness of Illusions; 'E.Pasquinelli - 'The Genesis of the Awareness of Illusions; 'U.Savardi', 'M.Kubovy' & 'I.Bianchi - 'PART II: VERIDICAL PERCEPTIONS - Perceptual Constancies: Illusions and Veridicality; 'B.Maund - 'Is the Moon Illusion an Illusion?; 'H.Ross - 'Cats! Michotte's New Enigma of Perception; 'C.Calabi - 'PART III: DO PICTURES AND MIRRORS FOOL THE EYE? - Trompe l'E il and the Nature of Pictures; 'P.Spinicci - 'Towards a Synchretist Theory of Depiction (How to Account for the Illusionistic Aspect of Pictorial Mirrors, Illusions and Epistemic Innocence;' R.Casati - 'PART IV: OTHER ERRORS: RECALCITRANT EMOTIONS AND MISIDENTIFICATIONS - Emotions, Perceptions and Emotional Illusions; 'C.Tappolet - 'Perceptual Misrecognition: A Kind Of Illusion?; 'J.Dokic - 'Seeing Double: Illusions of Identity in Delusional Disorders; 'P.Gerrans - 'Index -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-34790-8
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha Publicación: 10/02/2012
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