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Book SynopsisOffers solutions to some of philosophy's vexing problems. This book examines the problem of realism: Is objective truth possible? It acknowledges the impasse between empirical and idealist approaches to this question, critiquing them both, however, by highlighting the false assumption they share, that we cannot perceive the world directly.
Trade Review[A] combination of intellectual enthusiasm and dialectical ingenuity... [this] new book... defends a kind of common sense realism. The lectures that are collected in this volume... are philosopher's philosophy. The New Republic
Table of ContentsPart I: Sense, Nonsense and the Senses: An Inquiry into the Powers of the Human Mind 1. The Antinomy of Realism 2. The Importance of Being Austin: The Need for a "Second Naivete" 3. The Face of Cognition Part II: Mind and Body 1. "I Thought of what I called 'an Automatic Sweetheart" 2. Are Psychological Conditions "Internal States"? 3. Psychophysical Correlation Part III: Afterwords First Afterword: Causation and Explanation Second Afterword: Are Appearances "Qualia"?
