This volume grew out of a dissatisfaction with some issues that seem to be rooted in the Empiricist tradition. At least since Locke, that which is perceived has enjoyed a major share in any systematic account of what we claim to know. A main purpose of this study therefore is first to distinguish, and subsequently to relate, what can be perceived and what can be under stood. To this end, the account of persons and personal identity begins with a description of selected types of sense perceptions. While writing a good part of the discussion on vision, I had the advantage of questioning Dr. P. B. Loder about the properties of light. She not only clarified some issues, but prevented several errors from creeping into the text, a result for which I am very grateful. I should like also to express my appreciation to Mrs. G. K. Stamm-Okkinga, who provided hospitality and a friendly interest from the beginning of this study. Finally I wish to thank Miss I. Ris and Mr. W. de Regt for their careful and resourceful preparation of the typescript.

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Book Title: Persons: Theories and Perceptions
Authors: Désirée Park
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-0811-7
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1973
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-015-0286-3Published: 01 January 1973
eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-0811-7Published: 11 November 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: 131
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations
Topics: Modern Philosophy

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

Visual Perception and Its Limits

Not Sights and Not Sounds

Ideas and Objects

Persons

Persons and Continuity

Imagination and Explanation

Back Matter

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