Philosophy 290-3

The history of philosophy is a history of false dichotomies. The dichotomy between relationalists and representationalists is one such false dichotomy.’ Susanna Schellenberg (PPR 2020)

Recent discussions in the philosophy of perception have centred around a contrast between representational and relational approaches. But there has also been a strong current of dissatisfaction with this organization of the debate.

In this seminar we will look at some recent contributions and seek to find an overview of what organizes the options.

We’ll be looking at work by, among others, Susanna Schellenberg, Alex Byrne, Farid Masrour, John McDowell, and back at contributions by Gareth Evans, JM Hinton, and Jim Higginbotham.

There will also be guest presentations by Will Davies from Oxford and Alex Moran from Fribourg.