{"product_id":"seeing-knowing-and-doing-robert-audi-9780197802342","title":"Seeing, Knowing, and Doing: A Perceptualist Account","description":"Perception is basic for human knowledge and a major concern of both epistemology and the philosophy of mind. The scholarship in this area, however, has left two important aspects of perception underexplored: its relevance to understanding \u003cem\u003ea priori\u003c\/em\u003e knowledge--traditionally conceived as independent of perception--and its role in human action. This book provides a full-scale account of perception, a theory of the \u003cem\u003ea priori\u003c\/em\u003e, and an account of how perception guides action. In exploring perception and action, it clarifies the relation between action and practical reasoning, the notion of rational action, and the relation between knowledge of the practical (of how things are done) and practical knowledge (knowing how to do things). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the first part of the book, Robert Audi lays out a theory of perception as experiential, representational, and causally connected with its objects. He argues that perception is a discriminative response to its objects; it embodies phenomenally distinctive elements; and it yields rich information that underlies human knowledge. Part Two presents a theory of self-evidence and the \u003cem\u003ea priori\u003c\/em\u003e. Audi's theory is perceptualist in that it explicates the apprehension of \u003cem\u003ea priori\u003c\/em\u003e truths by articulating its parallels to perception. The theory also unifies empirical and \u003cem\u003ea priori\u003c\/em\u003e knowledge by clarifying their reliable causal connections with their objects--connections many have thought impossible for \u003cem\u003ea priori\u003c\/em\u003e knowledge. The final part explores how perception guides action, the role of propositional knowledge in our abilities to do what we know how to do, the nature of reasons for action, the role of inference in determining it, and the overall conditions for its rationality. Addressing longstanding questions left unaddressed in the current literature, Audi's comprehensive theory of perception will appeal to scholars and students interested in philosophy of perception, mind, and epistemology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Audi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0197802346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197802342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Robert Audi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47473777508607,"sku":"9780197802342","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9b1b1e4f-35e4-46db-b4f6-6491b90c8f3b.jpg?v=1762312878","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/seeing-knowing-and-doing-robert-audi-9780197802342","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}