The Puzzle of Experience (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198242918)

If we reason in a certain way about our experience, we are driven to the conclusion that what is present to us--the object of our experience--is something that exists only in so far as it is present, hence it is not part of the world. If, on the other hand, we simply open up to our experience, all we find is the world. This book sets out both to explain why we are entangled in this puzzle and to consider ways of solving it. In examining the puzzle, and its possible solutions, Valberg discusses relevant views of Hume, Kant, Heidegger, Wittgenstein, and Strawson, as well as ideas from the recent philosophy of perception. Finally, he describes and analyzes a manifestation of the puzzle outside philosophy, in everyday experience.

Author: J. J. Valberg
ISBN-10: 0198242913
ISBN-13: 9780198242918
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Language: English
Published: 12/24/1992
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.83h x 5.71w x 0.79d