BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260414T224052Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241025T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241025T170000 SUMMARY:A Theory of Sense-Data UID:20260415T091239Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-x5n6c TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:1151 Richmond Street\, London\, Canada DESCRIPTION:

I develop and defend a sense-datum theory of perception. My theory follows the spirit of classic sense-datum theories (where sense-data are private particulars that have all the properties they appear to have\, that are common to both perception and hallucination\, that constitute the phenomenal characters of perceptual experiences\, and that may be aptly described as pictures inside one&rsquo\;s head). But my theory also diverges from conventional sense-datum theories in some key respects: on my view\, (1) sense-data are first-person presentations of neural states\, (2) the sensational qualities of sense-data differ in kind from the sensible qualities of external objects\, and (3) sense-data are the vehicles in virtue of which we perceive\, rather than the objects that we perceive. I argue that this package of claims is appropriately labeled &lsquo\;sense-datum theory&rsquo\;\, and that the resultant view ought to be a live contender in contemporary philosophy of perception.

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