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Normativity in Perception

By Thiemo Breyer , Maxime Doyon

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2015
ISBN
1137377917, 9781137377913
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2469913 bytes)
Series
New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science
Pages
x+234\245
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2015-10-02 21:11:20
Cognitive Psychology Behavioral Sciences Science M

Description

Human activity is permeated by norms of all sorts: moral norms provide the 'code' for what we ought to do, norms of logic regulate how we ought to reason, scientific norms set the standards for what counts as knowledge, legal norms determine what is lawfully permitted and what isn't, aesthetic norms establish canons of beauty and shape artistic trends and practices, and socio-cultural norms provide criteria for what counts as tolerable, just, praiseworthy, or unacceptable in a community or milieu. Given the diversity of norm-governed phenomena prevailing in our everyday experience, it is not surprising that the question of normativity has recently generated important debates in philosophy. However, the more specific question concerning the nature and function of 'norms in perceptual experience' has received comparatively little attention. This volume brings together scholars from philosophy of mind, philosophy of perception, and phenomenology to explore this question.

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