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There is an important division in the human mind between perception and reasoning. We reason from information that we have already, but perception is a means of taking in new information. Susanna Siegel argues that these two aspects of the mind become deeply intertwined when beliefs, fears, desires,...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
There is an important division in the human mind between perception and reasoning. We reason from information that we have already, but perception is a means of taking in new information. Susanna Siegel argues that these two aspects of the mind become deeply intertwined when beliefs, fears, desires, or prejudice influence what we perceive. |
| Carrier Form: | xxv, 220 pages : forms ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-213) and indexes. |
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9780198797081 (hardback) : 0198797087 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | B828 |
| CLC: | B017 |
| Call Number: | B017/S571 |
| Contents: | The problem of hijacked experience -- The solution sketched -- Epistemic charge -- Epistemic downgrade -- Inference without reckoning -- How experiences can lose power from inference -- How experiences can gain power from inference -- Evaluative perception -- Selection effects -- The problem of culturally normal belief. |