| Conceptions of the Universe: How our conceptions of reality arise from the limitations of our perceptual apparatus Contributor(s): King, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1907962263 ISBN-13: 9781907962264 Publisher: 123 Books OUR PRICE: $8.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Epistemology - Philosophy | Metaphysics |
| Dewey: 111.2 |
| Physical Information: 0.21" H x 5.06" W x 7.81" (0.23 lbs) 100 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: We ordinarily take the universe to be as it appears to us to be. So, when one observes a red rose in one's garden, one ordinarily assumes that the part of the universe that is one's garden contains a red rose. However, when one takes oneself outside of one's ordinary state of interaction with the universe; when one starts to reflect and rationalise about the nature of one's relationship with the universe; then, things become more complicated than the state of affairs belied by our 'ordinary' assumptions. In this book John King outlines why the world that appears to one is perceiver-dependent, why identical sets of perceptions can lead to very different conceptions of the nature of the universe, why one's perceptual apparatus is inevitably constrained, and why this inevitable constraint leads to some conceptions of the universe being favoured over others. |