Introduction
Paul Coates and Sam Coleman: The Nature of Phenomenal Qualities
Section I. The Ontology of Phenomenal Qualities
1: David Rosenthal: Quality Spaces and Sensory Modalities
2: Sam Coleman: Neuro-Cosmology
3: Howard Robinson: Phenomenal Qualities: What They Must Be, and
What They Cannot Be
4: Philip Goff: Real Acquaintance and Physicalism
Section II. Perception and Phenomenal Qualities
5: Michael Martin: Moore's Dilemma
6: Paul Coates: Projection, Revelation, and the Function of
Perception
7: Galen Strawson: Real Direct Realism: Reflections on
Perception
Section III. The Kinds and Character of Phenomenal Qualities
8: E. J. Lowe: A New Argument for Realism from Perceptual
Content
9: David Papineau: Can We Really See a Million Colours?
10: Michael Tye: The Nature of Pain and the Appearance/Reality
Distinction
11: Michelle Montague: The Life of the Mind
Section IV. Phenomenal Qualities and Empirical Findings
12: Ronald A. Rensink: A Function-Centered Taxonomy of Visual
Attention
13: Ophelia Deroy: Can Sounds be Red? A New Account of Synaesthesia
as Enriched Experience
14: John M. Nicholas: Technical Issues in Naive Sense-Datum Theory
Paul Coates is Professor Emeritus of philosophy at the University
of Hertfordshire, where he was head of department. He has served as
president of the Mind Association, and has been the recipient of
several research awards, most recently from the Arts and Humanities
Research Council to lead a major project exploring the nature of
Phenomenal Qualities. He is the author of The Metaphysics of
Perception, and has published papers on rule-following,
perception,
and the philosophy of Wilfrid Sellars. Sam Coleman is Senior
Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire. He has published
papers in the philosophy of mind and continues to work on matters
around
consciousness, content and ontology.
...the volume contains several valuable essays and will be a
fruitful read for any philosopher interested in the ontology of
phenomenal qualities and their role in perception.
*Giovanni Merlo, The Philosophical Quarterly*
This volume competently covers a wide range of philosophical and
empirical issues pertaining to phenomenal qualitiesâphilosophers of
mind, especially those interested in the metaphysics of phenomenal
consciousness, will find much of interest in this volume.
*Brian Cutter, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews*
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