ATTENTION AND MENTAL PAINT

摘要: Much of recent philosophy perception is oriented towards accounting for the phenomenal character perception—what it like to perceive—in a non-mentalistic way—that is, without appealing mental objects or qualities. In opposition such views, I claim that red round object cannot be explained by reduced direct awareness object, its redness and roundness—or representation Qualities are not captured what one directly aware representational content instances Gilbert Harman has called “mental paint” (Block, 1990; Harman, 1990). The this paper empirical facts about attention point in direction paint. argument starts with (later modified) when moves one’s around scene while keeping eyes fixed, phenomenology can change ways do reflect which qualities way world represented be. These changes accounted terms focus because they manifest themselves experience as differences apparent contrast, color saturation, size, speed, time occurrence other appearances. There coping these phenomena vague contents, but contents save realism representationism kind vagueness required clashes wth itself.