Greg Detre
10/11/00
Snowdon
Elina essay � Grice, Snowdon, Dretske, Strawson, Gettier, causation and belief
how does perception give us beliefs/knowledge about the world?
belief theories of perception
17th/18th century: �ideas� or �sense-data� � indirect
but direct perception of your representation
if the model employs a direct theory of perception itself, then it�s not complete
they�re more like theories of appearance
if something appears to be red, then you are simply directly apprehending a red sense-data
not really a theory of perception � account of appearances doesn't tell you very much
nowadays, prefer not to use sens-datum � difficult to fit in with materialism
need alternative account of appearance
Pitcher + Armstrong
appearance = about acquiring a belief = the process of perception
different theories of perception �/span> different beliefs
feel strongly that perception can't be reduced to a belief (seems to involve experience)
appearances are states with content � �how does it appear�, �it appears as though it�s � e.g. on a table�
in this way, it�s like belief, it�s intentional
communal zombies � �feelings� would drop out of the language
connectionism + Wittgenstein
humour + Snowdon
Placebo effect + the chemical landscape � �what is pain� � Wall
mind as wrong level of explanation
perception vs epistemology