Disjunctivism: Contemporary Readings

Classic texts that define the disjunctivist theory of perception.

About the Author :
Heather Logue is a graduate student in Philosophy at MIT.

Review :
"Disjunctivism is probably the single most important idea in philosophy of perception, epistemology, and theory of reference today. This collection gives you all you need to know to make up your own mind. It takes you from the seminal papers with which the discussion began to the contemporary state of the art. The issues are complex, far-reaching, and often argued with much passion. I don't know a better place to begin than with the cool, lucid overview provided by the editors, itself a masterly essay. An indispensable collection."--John Campbell, University of California, Berkeley "Disjunctivism is the most important recent development in the philosophy of perception, requiring that we rethink much that was taken for granted. This invaluable collection conveniently brings together for the first time classic articles on the topic. This is essential reading not only for the philosophy of perception, but for philosophy of mind and epistemology, more generally."--Mark Eli Kalderon, Department of Philosophy, University College London, and author of "Moral Fictionalism" "The disjunctive theory of perceptual experience is one of the most important ideas in contemporary philosophy of mind. Byrne and Logue's collection brings together the most important writings by the leading disjunctivists--Hinton, Snowdon, McDowell, and Martin--as well as some of their most prominent critics, into one handy volume. The book also contains a fine introduction by the editors, which will helpfully guide newcomers through some of the more complex arguments in this area. This is an absolutely invaluable collection for anyone who wants to call him- or herself a philosopher of mind."--Tim Crane, Professor of Philosophy, University College London "This is a marvelous collection that brings together the key documents in one of the most exciting (but controversial) developments in recent philosophy of perception. The papers constitute a very orderly line of inquiry, starting from Hinton's original work in the 1960s and continuing to the present day. Moreover, Byrne and Logue's introduction is excellent and will be especially helpful for those who always wanted to know what disjunctivism is but were afraid to ask."--Daniel Stoljar, Department of Philosophy, Australian National University "[ "Disjunctivism"], a reprinting of some of the most important articles on disjunctivism, shows how the history of disjunctivism developed." Tim Crane Times Literary Supplement