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The Circle of Acquaintance

Perception, Consciousness, and Empathy

Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 205)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Introduction

    1. Acquaintance and Intentionality

      • David Woodruff Smith
      Pages 1-34
  3. The Experience of Acquaintance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35
    2. Perceptual Awareness

      • David Woodruff Smith
      Pages 37-69
    3. Consciousness and Self-Awareness

      • David Woodruff Smith
      Pages 70-111
    4. Empathy and Other-Awareness

      • David Woodruff Smith
      Pages 112-135
  4. The Relation of Acquaintance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137
    2. Content in Context

      • David Woodruff Smith
      Pages 139-170
    3. A Sense of Presence

      • David Woodruff Smith
      Pages 171-192
    4. Grounds of Acquaintance

      • David Woodruff Smith
      Pages 193-232
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 233-252

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of California, Irvine, USA

    David Woodruff Smith

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Circle of Acquaintance

  • Book Subtitle: Perception, Consciousness, and Empathy

  • Authors: David Woodruff Smith

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0961-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1989

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0252-0Published: 31 May 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6922-9Published: 27 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-0961-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 268

  • Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Phenomenology

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