Lexington Books
Pages: 160
Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
978-1-7936-1685-2 • Hardback • August 2022 • $100.00 • (£77.00)
978-1-7936-1686-9 • eBook • August 2022 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Sebastián Sanhueza Rodríguez is assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Concepción.
Acknowledgments
Chapter One: The Dynamic Structure of Perceptual Experiences
Chapter Two: Experiential Heracliteanism
Chapter Three: Experiential Non-Heracliteanism
Chapter Four: The Individuation of Experiences
Chapter Five: Experience and Causation
Chapter Six: Applications beyond the Ontology of Perception
Chapter Seven: Perceptual Experience and Language
Bibliography
About the Author
Sebastián Sanhueza Rodríguez has written a book that anyone interested in the current philosophy of perception should read. He focuses on the debate between two conceptions of perceptual experience. The first, developed in different ways by O’Shaughnessy and Soteriou, which he calls "experiential heracliteanism," is that experiences are essentially dynamic. The second is that they are not, but belong in the category of states. Guided by some insights of Vendler, he very carefully assesses the evidence in favour of the alternatives, sifting the metaphysical, linguistic, and introspective grounds that have been offered. Sanhueza concludes that the state view is better supported, a claim he further supports by arguing that it illuminates the causal role of experiences, and how they fit into the mind/body problem. The book is marked by a very impressive mastery of a range of technical issues and recent writings, and by the clarity and fairness displayed in analysing the pros and cons. It can safely be described as a tour de force, and it will strongly influence international discussion in the future.
— Paul Snowdon, emeritus professor, University College London