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This programme centres on the representative theory of perception which is held by Professor Hirst and which he summarises in the first minutes of the programme. The theory, he says, seeks to answe...r the question 'What is a person really aware of when he looks at an object?' He replies that we perceive an object by being directly aware of mental representations which are caused in us by it. Professor White opposes this view and argues that our common sense view of perception is an adequate answer to the question. What we are aware of when we look at atomato, he says, is simply a tomato. He further argues that the traditional problems of perception like hallucination and time lag can be explained philosophically without resorting to a representative theory.
This programme centres on the representative theory of perception which is held by Professor Hirst and which he summarises in the first minutes of the programme. The theory, he says, seeks to answe...r the question 'What is a person really aware of when he looks at an object?' He replies that we perceive an object by being directly aware of mental representations which are caused in us by it. Professor White opposes this view and argues that our common sense view of perception is an adequate answer to the question. What we are aware of when we look at atomato, he says, is simply a tomato. He further argues that the traditional problems of perception like hallucination and time lag can be explained philosophically without resorting to a representative theory.
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