In the Light of Experience

Johan Gersel is external lecturer in philosophy at the University of Vienna.Rasmus Thybo Jensen is external lecturer in philosophy at the University of Copenhagen.Morten S. Thaning is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Department for Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School.Søren Overgaard is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Copenhagen.

• Johan Gersel and Rasmus Thybo Jensen: IntroductionJohan Gersel: The Travis-McDowell DebatePart I: The Myth of the Given1: John McDowell: Travis on Frege, Kant, and the Given. Comments on 'Unlocking the Outer World'2: Charles Travis: The Move, the Divide, the Myth and its Dogma3: Johan Gersel: What is the Myth of the Given?4: Hannah Ginsborg: Empiricism and Normative ConstraintPart II: The Epistemology of Empirical Knowledge5: Christopher Gauker: Do Perceptions Justify Beliefs? The Argument from 'Looks' Talk6: Jason Leddington: Fallibility for InfallibilistsPart III: The Nature of Experience7: Alan Millar: Perception and the Vagaries of Experience8: Heather Logue: World in Mind: Extending Phenomenal Character and Resisting SkepticismPart IV: The Object of Experience9: Bill Brewer: Objects and the Explanation of Perception10: J. J. Cunningham: Are Perceptual Reasons the Objects of Perception?

In this high-powered, demanding collection, some of the top researchers of the philosophy of perception examine how perceptual states (sensations, visual experience, and so on) can be transformed into reasons for what one ought to think ... Recommended.