A vital addition to the literature on perception. Macpherson and Platchias have put together a lively, informative, and provocative collection of essays on hallucination. The scientific essays take us far beyond glib philosophical examples -- Lady Macbeth's dagger and so on. The philosophical sections relate to recent controversies: the much discussed doctrine of 'naive realism' and reflections on what hallucination teaches us about the nature of perceptual experience in general. -- Mohan Matthen, Canada Research Chair in Philosophy, University of Toronto Hallucination is the definitive collection on the philosophy and psychology of hallucination, offering a wide range of perspectives on this fascinating phenomenon. Macpherson provides a marvelous introduction, zeroing in with characteristic acuity on issues surrounding hallucination raised by experimental psychology, the metaphysics of perception, and epistemology. -- Susanna Siegel, Edgar Pierce Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University
Fiona Macpherson is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the
Center for the Study of Perceptual Experience at the University of
Glasgow.
Dimitris Platchias is a Teaching Fellow in the Department of
Philosophy at the University of York.
Fiona Macpherson is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the
Center for the Study of Perceptual Experience at the University of
Glasgow.
Dimitris Platchias is a Teaching Fellow in the Department of
Philosophy at the University of York.
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