Perceiving: A Philosophical Study

Front Cover
Cornell University Press, 1957 - Philosophy - 203 pages

From inside the book

Contents

Epistemic Terms
3
Probability and Evidence
22
The Problem of the Criterion
30
Copyright

8 other sections not shown

Common terms and phrases

About the author (1957)

An analytic philosopher, Roderick M. Chisholm is a meticulous epistemologist, although he also addresses historical figures and basic issues in metaphysics. He was born in Massachusetts, educated at Brown and Harvard universities, and in 1947 returned to Brown, where, with the exception of many visiting appointments, he has spent his academic career. Three important influences on Chisholm were Thomas Reid, Franz Brentano, and George Moore whose close attention to detail he owes something of his own style. All three were deeply concerned with perception, which is a major theme of Chisholm's work. His 1957 book, Perceiving, is a discussion of philosophical puzzles of perception and an attempt to resolve them. He also has written important studies of Brentano and of abstract concepts in philosophy of mind.

Bibliographic information