The generality problem of perception
European Journal of Philosophy July 5, 2024 F. Zahnoun, Luca Roccioletti, Erik Myin 1 citation
In the philosophy of perception, a central debate is whether perceptual experience has representational content—whether it always presents the world as being a certain way, evaluable for truth or accuracy. Representationalists affirm this, while relationalists challenge it with the generality problem of perception (GPP). This paper analyzes existing replies to the GPP and concludes that representationalists have not yet offered a convincing answer, and after nearly 20 years, the problem remains unresolved.