Direct Versus Indirect Realism: A Neurophilosophical Debate On Consciousness

Synopsis

Introduction / John Smythies And Robert French -- Part One. Papers Defending Indirect Realism -- The Metaphysical Foundations Of Contemporary Neuroscience : A House Built On Straw / John Smythies -- A Defense Of Representational Realism / Robert French -- Is Direct Realism Falsifiable? / Ernest W. Kent -- Against The Combination Of Materialism And Direct Realism / David Mcgraw -- The Epistemology Of Visual Experience / Steven Lehar -- Part Two. Papers Defending Direct Realism -- The Virtues Of Direct Realism / Michael Huemer -- Direct Realism, Disjunctivism, And Screening Off / William Fish -- Perceptual Realism's Fundamental Forms / Pierre Le Morvan -- A Dilemma For Epistemological Disjunctivism / Eva Schmidt -- Seeing Things : Defending Direct Perception / Fred Adams, Gary Fuller And Murray Clarke -- Part Three. Critiques Of Papers By Indirect Realists By Direct Realists / Robert French -- Critiques Of Papers By Direct Realists By Indirect Realists / Robert French -- Rebuttals By Indirect Realists / Robert French -- Rebuttals By Direct Realists / Robert French -- Postscript / Robert French And John Smythies. Edited By John Smythies, Robert French. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.