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The Content of Perception

Author(s): Levente Papp
Subject(s): Philosophy of Mind, Phenomenology
Published by: Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület
Keywords: perception; consciousness; intentionality; content; concept;

Summary/Abstract: This study deals with the intentionality of perception with a primary focus on the content of experience. My question is: as long as we think about the general character of conscious intentionality as fundamentally a “subject‒psychological mode‒content‒object” structure, how can we apply this scheme to the nature of perception? Firstly, I will clarify how I intend to use the concept of perception, and I will briefly elaborate on the meaning of the mentioned intentional structure, generally construed. After this brief introduction, I will try to make a fundamental distinction between sensation and perception defending the thesis that conceptual contents are not essential to perception as such. Following this, I will pursue the question of what we mean by the content of perception in light of the content-object distinction given that we have put aside conceptual content. In the end, with the help of a couple of examples, I will try to make sense of what nonconceptual content is.

  • Issue Year: LXXXII/2020
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 1-12
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Hungarian
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