Visual indeterminacy and the puzzle of the speckled hen

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21502000
AutoresJessie Munton (0000-0003-2351-8980, Faculty of Philosophy University of Cambridge Cambridge UK, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen36
Número5
Páginas643-663
Fecha de publicación2021-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMind & Language (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0268-1064 • E-ISSN: 1468-0017
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/mila.12296
OpenAlexW3022641945
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas52

I identify three aspects to the puzzle of the speckled hen: A general puzzle, an epistemic puzzle, and a puzzle for the representationalist. These puzzles rely on an underlying “pictorialist” assumption, that we visually perceive general, determinable properties only in virtue of determinate properties or more specific, local features of our visual experience. This assumption is mistaken: Visual perception frequently starts from a position of uncertainty, and is routinely able to acquire information about general properties in the absence of more specific information. Acknowledging that visual indeterminacy is structured this way resolves all three puzzles of the speckled hen

Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Epistemology · Perception · Virtue · Visual perception · Aesthetic Perception and Analysis · Multisensory perception and integration · Philosophy · Psychology · Visual perception and processing mechanisms