Jeffrey J Watson
Biographic Data
| ID | 9527392 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeffrey J Watson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeffrey J |
| FAMILY NAME | Watson |
| SIGNATURE | WATSON J J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Arizona State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0412-8653 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Against perceptual existentialism
Particularism is the position that perceptual content is essentially singular, and all perceptual representations are as of particulars: I see that cat. Existentialism is the position that all perceptual representations are as of general features, not particulars, which are satisfied when the world would satisfy the corresponding existentially quantified statement: I see there as being a cat. H. P. Grice famously raised the problem that existenti…
Somebody else's argument for idealism
This article offers a novel argument for vicarious metaphysical idealism, according to which all perceptions are about the mental states of other minds. Unlike conventional arguments for idealism, nothing in the argument hinges on the problem of skepticism, the intractability of the mind–body problem, the mysteriousness of the intrinsic nature of physical things, or verificationist semantics. Instead, the argument relies only on assumptions moder…
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Somebody else's argument for idealism
This article offers a novel argument for vicarious metaphysical idealism, according to which all perceptions are about the mental states of other minds. Unlike conventional arguments for idealism, nothing in the argument hinges on the problem of skepticism, the intractability of the mind–body problem, the mysteriousness of the intrinsic nature of physical things, or verificationist semantics. Instead, the argument relies only on assumptions moder…
Against perceptual existentialism
Particularism is the position that perceptual content is essentially singular, and all perceptual representations are as of particulars: I see that cat. Existentialism is the position that all perceptual representations are as of general features, not particulars, which are satisfied when the world would satisfy the corresponding existentially quantified statement: I see there as being a cat. H. P. Grice famously raised the problem that existenti…
Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (2 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (2 works) · Argument (complex analysis) (1 works) · Counterexample (1 works) · Existentialism (1 works) · Grice (1 works) · Idealism (1 works) · Materialism (1 works) · Metaphysics (1 works) · Nothing (1 works)