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Nonconceptual Content, Causal Theory, And Realism, Błażej Skrzypulec
Nonconceptual Content, Causal Theory, And Realism, Błażej Skrzypulec
Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic and Communication
In this paper the connections between the nonconceptual content of perceptual states and realism are considered. In particular, I investigate the argument for realism that uses the notion of nonconceptual content, specifically the version proposed by Raftopoulos in Cognition and Perception. To evaluate the argument two forms of realism are identified: (1) correlation realism (CR), according to which distinctions in perceptual content correlate with distinctions in the environment, and (2) ontological realism (OR), according to which perceptual content and perceived reality are both organized according to the same set of ontological categories. First, it is argued that the distinction …