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Perception and the reach of phenomenal content

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The phenomenal character of perceptual experience involves the representation of colour, shape and motion. Does it also involve the representation of high-level categories? Is the recognition of a tomato as a tomato contained within perceptual phenomenality? Proponents of a conservative view of the reach of phenomenal content say 'No', whereas those who take a liberal view of perceptual phenomenality say 'Yes'. I clarify the debate between conservatives and liberals, and argue in favour of the liberal view that high-level content can directly inform the phenomenal character of perception.
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10.1111/j.1467-9213.2009.631.x

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Oxford college:
St Catherine's College
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Publisher:
Blackwell Publishing
Journal:
Philosophical Quarterly More from this journal
Volume:
59
Issue:
236
Pages:
385-404
Publication date:
2009-07-01
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1467-9213
ISSN:
0031-8094


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English
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2011-04-20
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