Making Sense of Hallucination
2019-10
Loading...
View/Download File
Persistent link to this item
Statistics
View StatisticsJournal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Title
Making Sense of Hallucination
Authors
Published Date
2019-10
Publisher
Type
Thesis or Dissertation
Abstract
It can seem as if philosophy of perception has discussed hallucination almost more than perception itself. What is the difference between perception and hallucination? I argue that the concepts we normally associate with the term ‘hallucination’ are more useful for understanding what perception is than the concepts we normally associate with the term ‘perception’. Instead of claiming, as most theories do, that hallucination is a special type of (failed) perception, I instead argue that perception is a special type of (successful) hallucination. I introduce a concept called ‘S-hallucination’ and argue that it more accurately describes the process that we normally call perception. I defend this concept and situate it within classic debates in philosophy of perception.
Description
University of Minnesota M.A. thesis. November 2019. Major: Philosophy. Advisor: Peter Hanks. 1 computer file (PDF); vi, 83 pages.
Related to
Replaces
License
Series/Report Number
Funding information
Isbn identifier
Doi identifier
Previously Published Citation
Suggested citation
Swanson, Link. (2019). Making Sense of Hallucination. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/225861.
Content distributed via the University Digital Conservancy may be subject to additional license and use restrictions applied by the depositor. By using these files, users agree to the Terms of Use. Materials in the UDC may contain content that is disturbing and/or harmful. For more information, please see our statement on harmful content in digital repositories.