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(2017) Perception, affectivity, and volition in Husserl's phenomenology, Dordrecht, Springer.
How Husserl's and Searle's contextual model reformulates the discussion about the conceptual content of perception
Pol Vandevelde
pp. 57-76
I argue that Husserl's notion of horizon and Searle's notion of background offer a contextual model of perception that significantly reformulates the debate about the conceptual vs. nonconceptual content of perception. I illustrate the model by using a test case: the perception of an ancient Roman milestone—an example given by Husserl—which both Husserl and Searle consider to be a direct and immediate perception without inferences involved. I further differentiate Husserl's and Searle's views, arguing that Husserl's model has the advantage of accounting for the diachronic aspect of perception.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-55340-5_4
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Vandevelde, P. (2017)., How Husserl's and Searle's contextual model reformulates the discussion about the conceptual content of perception, in R. Walton, S. Taguchi & R. Rubio (eds.), Perception, affectivity, and volition in Husserl's phenomenology, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 57-76.
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