Acquaintance: New EssaysJonathan Knowles, Thomas Raleigh Bertrand Russell famously distinguished between 'knowledge by acquaintance' and 'knowledge by description'. For much of the latter half of the twentieth century, many philosophers viewed the notion of acquaintance with suspicion, associating it with Russellian ideas that they would wish to reject. However in the past decade or two the concept has undergone a striking revival in mainstream 'analytic' philosophy--acquaintance is, it seems, respectable again. This volume showcases the great variety of topics in philosophy of mind, epistemology, and philosophy of language for which philosophers are currently employing the notion of acquaintance. It is the first collection of new essays devoted to the topic of acquaintance, featuring chapters from many of the world's leading experts in this area. Opening with an extensive introductory essay, which provides some historical background and summarizes the main debates and issues concerning acquaintance, the remaining thirteen contributions are grouped thematically into four sections: phenomenal consciousness, perceptual experience, reference, and epistemology. |
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Acquaintance Is Consciousness and Consciousness Is Acquaintance | |
Natural Acquaintance | |
What Acquaintance Teaches | |
TwoLevel Accounts of Experience | |
Acquaintance in an Experience of PerceptioncumAction | |
Dreaming Phenomenal Character and Acquaintance | |
Relationalism Berkeleys Puzzle and Phenomenological | |
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argue argument awareness basic belief Cambridge Campbell Cassam causal claim cognitive colour conceptual capacities condition conscious character conscious experience consciousness constitutes contrast directly acquainted discussion distinction dreaming episodic memory epistemic epistemological example experience red experiential explain external fact Foster Fregean Fumerton G. E. M. Anscombe ground higher-order idea imagery imagination intentionality joint attention judgement justification kind knowledge by acquaintance knowledge by description lucid dreaming Mary McDowell memory mental Mitochondrial Eve nature non-satisfactional objectual knowledge one’s Oxford University Press perceived perception perceptual experience phenomenal character Phenomenal Concepts phenomenology Philosophical Philosophy of Mind physical physicalist plausible problem properties propositional knowledge purple QHOT qualia question rational recall reference relation of acquaintance relationalism relevant representationalism requires role round and red Russell Russell's seems semantic sensation sense experience sense-datum standard model structure suppose theorists theory things thought understanding visual experience