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is ‘the perception of time’? The very expression ‘the perception of time

a priori justification and knowledge appearance vs. reality epistemological problems of perception — see perception: epistemological problems

of his six books are about perception and he had a major influence, also publishing many articles

tradition of analytic philosophy. A charismatic teacher, Brentano exerted a strong influence on the work

tradition of analytic philosophy. A charismatic teacher, Brentano exerted a strong influence on the work

and one will wonder how to apply “intentionality” univocally to both sense perception and thought

1. Biographical Sketch 2. Meaning and Truth 2.1 Meaning 2.2 Truth 3. Perception 4. Induction and

that On Intelligence and Perception is not likely to have been an influence on the account

a priori justification and knowledge appearance vs. reality epistemological problems of perception — see perception: epistemological problems

of young German physicists. In philosophy, he is best known for his influence upon the Vienna

positions: Sense perception of secondary qualities involves only the sensory faculties whereas perception of PQs

acuity to the mind-body problem, the nature of perception, memory, introspection, and

of Śaṅkara (eighth century; see Uskokov 2022), and his works would have lasting influence for Indian

if controversial, role in mid-20th-century analytic philosophy. He continues to influence, and incur

offering our best prospects yet for machines that emulate reasoning, decision-making, problem solving, perception, linguistic comprehension, and

as the seat of understanding and to distinguish understanding from perception. Alcmaeon thought that the

introspection; and philosophical claims about consciousness, emotion, free will, personal identity, thought, belief, imagery, perception, and other

Other Minds 4.2 The Epistemic Status of Intuitions and Perception of Mental

as Will 5. Transcending the Human Conditions of Conflict 5.1 Aesthetic Perception as a Mode

in reference works – for example, when it is said that deep ecology’s “greatest influence … may be through the

results confirm a close physical link between reasoning with mental imagery and perception. Imagery is not just

Merleau-Ponty in the phenomenological tradition is an exception; for his influence see, e.g., Solli &

Form and Matter 5. Soul and Body 6. Cognitive Theory 6.1 Perception 6.2 Thought 6

a Paradigm 4. Incommensurability and World-Change 4.1 Methodological Incommensurability 4.2 Perception, Observational Incommensurability, and

out of an erroneous “psychophysical dualism” that radically separates perceiver from world. Consider (1), perception as causation. Perception as

if controversial, role in mid-20th-century analytic philosophy. He continues to influence, and incur

per se, rather than beauty, grew out of a more general inquiry into perception. Alexander Baumgarten (1735 [1954

and the prospects for actually devising testable scientific hypotheses about the influence of language

plausible account of perception, introspection is not a form of perception, so we do not

in A. G. Baumgarten’s 1750 Aesthetica ) encompassed the theory of perception, the theory

illustrates his general thesis about sense perception with a remark about the perception and judgment

the balance of our body, and its physiological condition. Unlike external perception, the inner

its experimental and theoretical aspects, will forever dominate discussions of his lasting influence. His impact on the

of contributions in various areas of philosophy, including important work on knowledge, perception, action, freedom, truth, language

never founded a school of philosophy, Alexander is credited with having an influence on figures as diverse

Hume puts it, “a Pyrrhonian cannot expect that his philosophy will have any constant influence on the mind

first to comment on the newly available Aristotelian logical works, commentaries whose influence is generally recognized. His

they continued to patronize emerging talents and exerted a great influence on public reception of

as his mathematics (cf. Gutas 2004, Gannagé 2016, Freudenthal 2022). But the most important influence on his philosophy was

of American Pragmatists. He has also had a great deal of influence in aesthetics

possibly serve to ground substantive knowledge of reality. Whereas Leibniz exerts his influence through scattered writings on

the intuition plus the judgement of existence is what Croce calls perception, but itself is innocent

of rational argument, historical enquiry, analysis of the structures of human perception or moral motivation, or

and claims that Confucians were not interested in science add to this perception. For example

thought and its logical basis has been revived. 1. Life, Work, and Influence 2. Hegel’s Philosophy

2.3 Data and phenomena 3. Theory and value ladenness 3.1 Perception 3.2 Assuming the

have enjoyed its eighteenth-century run, nor would it continue now to exert its influence, had it been without

in other words, while reducing all reality to some kind of perception is one form of

from the French tradition leading to Batteux’s work. Under this general influence, his essays occasionally refer

writings. Late in life (1949a: 21), Einstein wrote of the “profound influence” that Mach’s Science

only model he found adequate to describe his monads was one of perception and spontaneous

objective considerations could never settle disputes between competing theories, underscoring the social factors that influence the development

grounding in Wittgensteinian and linguistic/analytic philosophy with a strong influence of 19th

reinforced his staunch opposition to Communism, and had a formative influence on his future intellectual

certainly the one who exerted the deepest and most lasting influence. He is a

Freedom and Resentment” 9. Some Themes in Strawson’s Writings 9.1 Perception 9.2 Language 9

10. The Scientific Endeavor: Astronomy, Optics, and Mechanics 11. Impact and Influence 12. Recent Commentary on

to be a real physical process. His conclusion is that consciousness has an influence on the physical

of the pleasure by which beauty is discerned: This superior Power of Perception is justly called a

with a few exceptions to be treated below, his work has had limited influence among analytic philosophers who

Knowledge, Coherentist Theories of Epistemic Justification, Epistemic Basing Relation, Epistemological Problems of Perception, Internalist vs Externalist Conceptions

original and complex study of the nature of human perception, being, and their

fate of the word “deconstruction,” its popularity indicates the wide-ranging influence of his

nature. That there are tropes seems prima facie reasonable if we reflect on such things as perception (I don’t see

he began in philosophy as a French Marxist, although his father’s influence soon took precedence. (For

in other words, while reducing all reality to some kind of perception is one form of

in the United States and Great Britain, and a major influence on environmentalism in

by Umāsvāti (400–450 CE), by dividing this experience into cognition ( jñāna ) and indeterminate perception ( darśana ) (TSBh 2.9

the idea that the world was governed by mathematical principles. Plato believed under influence of an

clear connections between Bacon and Descartes’ approach to vision and perception (Mantovani 2020). Thomas S

myself the corresponding natures. I need not have reference to some sense perception, which would have to

Intentionality: a fundamental idea of Husserl’s phenomenology”. This article, which had considerable influence over the early

of impressions ( chrēsis tōn phantasiōn ), Heartfelt and satirical by turns, Epictetus has had significant influence on the popular

is generally ranked as second only to Confucius (551–479 BCE) in influence and as

philosophers of all time. Judged solely in terms of his philosophical influence, only Plato is his

a Harmony 6. Medical Theories 6.1 Embryology 6.2 Disease 7. Importance and Influence 7.1 Philolaus and

a valuable interlocutor for many of these ideas. A significant influence in those

2023 Understood literally, a meritocracy is a society in which influence (of some

certainly the one who exerted the deepest and most lasting influence. He is a

and twentieth century philosophy, and continues to exercise a significant influence today in metaphysics

a priori then the idea that we come to know them through perception seems problematic. In

features of Popper’s thought is the scope of his intellectual influence: he was lauded by

all by persons he will later describe as Indian Yogācāra writers, thereby demonstrating the influence the categories

4. Ethics 5. Metaphysical and Religious Philosophy 6. Aesthetics 7. Reception and Influence Bibliography Cited Works by

much closer in spirit to Sapir’s project, studies the influence of social

and critical theorist can be gauged by the diversity of his intellectual influence and the

the interaction between these two “philosophies” is not completely exhausted by the causal influence exerted on the

Constitutional Law 9.1 Securities Against Misrule 9.2 Sovereignty 9.3 Public Opinion Tribunal 10. Influence 11. Critics and

nineteenth century onwards his views found a wider audience and today his influence is widespread in

even if Voltaire was introduced to English philosophy in this way, its influence on his thought was

Soul and Nature 5. Matter 6. Ethics 7. Later Developments in Antiquity 8. Influence Bibliography Essential readings of

its survival. 1. Life and Works 1.1 Date, Family, Teachers, and Influence 1.2 Works and

to us. It is useful to compare this situation with the perception of an

Literacy and The Oral Tradition in Sage Philosophy The influence of colonial

of his life in On Certainty (Wittgenstein 1969), in writing about perception, as he did in

of stone, colors on a surface, and audible sounds. The perception of such

such prominence in later European thought as to rival the influence of Aristotle

the extant sources for Stoic doctrine, and the Stoics’ subsequent philosophical influence. 1. Preliminaries 1.1

life, at least for adults. Arguably then, no phenomenon exerts a greater influence on the quality