The Circle of Acquaintance : Perception, Consciousness, and Empathy / by David Woodruff Smith.

This book studies the problem of acquaintance against the background of a more general theory of intentionality. Much of the relevant background is laid out in the book I wrote with Ronald McIntyre, Husserl and Intentionality (1982). However, since this book is not focussed on HusserI, I shall not a...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Smith, David Woodruff
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1989.
Series:Synthese library ; v. 205.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Acquaintance and Intentionality
  • One: The Experience of Acquaintance
  • I: Perceptual Awareness
  • II: Consciousness and Self-Awareness
  • III: Empathy and Other-Awareness
  • Two: The Relation of Acquaintance
  • IV: Content in Context
  • V: A Sense of Presence
  • VI: Grounds of Acquaintance
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Topics.