Research Group
in Analytic Philosophy

Abstract

The theory of perception has been a central topic in phenomenology since its very beginning. The present paper has three related purposes. The first purpose is to describe a number of assumptions that I take to be central to a phenomenological theory of perception. The second is to articulate a view that is built on those assumptions. The third purpose is to defend that view as a viable alternative in the current philosophical debate about perception. A central part in the paper concerns the distinction between correctness and appropriateness conditions of perceptual experiences.