Análisis Filosófico

What Is It Like To Be in a Pure Perceptual State?

Análisis Filosófico November 8, 2024 Sergio Cermeño-aínsa

The idea of pure perception —perception without any cognitive influence— is central to the science and philosophy of perception. For many, to be in a pure perceptual state is to be in a state whose content is nonconceptual, whose format is iconic, and whose phenomenology is unique. This paper explores this possibility and finds that the idea of pure perception, at least when defined in these...