The metaphysics of perception : Wilfrid Sellars, perceptual consciousness and critical realism / Paul Coates.

"First published in 2007. Transferred to Digital Printing 2009."--T.p. verso of paperback edition.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-270) and index.

1. The structure of perceptual consciousness (1) : phenomenal qualities and the two-component view -- 2. The structure of perceptual consciousness (2) : concepts and the awareness of fineness of grain -- 3. Hallucinations, illusions and the challenge of metaphysical scepticism -- 4. The incoherence of Direct Realism -- 5. Problems for the enactive approach to perception -- 6. Perception, understanding and causation -- 7. A navigational account of distance perception -- 8. Critical Realism and the alleged transparency of experience -- 9. Imagination and the unity of experience -- 10. Inner experience and the possibility of knowledge.

"This book challenges contemporary Direct Realist theories of perception and defends a version of the causal theory that the author locates in the Critical Realist tradition of which Wilfrid Sellars is the main recent exponent. The author highlights the difficulties Direct Realists face in providing a coherent positive account of their view. He develops an analysis of perceptual experience derived from the later writings of Sellars."--BOOK JACKET.