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Encyclopedia > Christopher Peacocke

Christopher Arthur Bruce Rosen Peacocke (born 22 May 1950) is a philosopher especially active on questions in the philosophy of mind. He has recently published in the field of epistemology, defending a version of rationalism. He was Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at Oxford University from 1989 to 2000, at which time he moved to New York University (NYU) and now is professor of philosophy at Columbia University. May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... 1950 (MCML in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Philosophy of mind is the philosophical study of the nature of the mind, mental events, mental functions, mental properties, and consciousness. ... Magdalen College, Oxford endows four professorial fellowships named in honour of the college founder William of Waynflete, who had a great interest in science. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX in Roman) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Columbia University is a private university in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. ...


He is perhaps best known for the first chapter of his 1983 book, Sense and Content, entitled "Sensation and the Content of Experience." In this chapter, Peacocke defends the claim that there is non-conceptual content in visual perception. He gives three different examples in which such content is present but cannot be captured in content alone. Many who defend qualia have often used these examples as evidence of their existence. Several philosophers have criticized these examples (Michael Tye, Fred Dretske), claiming that the supposed extra quality can indeed be conceptually captured. Redness is the canonical quale. ... Fred Dretske, a philosopher, was one of the most influential epistimologists of his time. ...


Articles

  • Understanding logical constants: a realist's account (1987), British Academy lecture.

The British Academy is the United Kingdoms national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. ...

Books

  • Sense and Content, Oxford, 1983.
  • Thoughts: An Essay on Content, Blackwell, 1986.
  • A Study of Concepts, MIT, 1992.
  • Being Known, Oxford, 1999.
  • The Realm of Reason, Oxford, 2003.

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Abstract: Two problems with Peacocke's theory of concepts (543 words)
Christopher Peacocke's theory of concepts, as put forward in his A Study of Concepts (SOC), is possibly the most influential of the neo-Fregean accounts of mental content, which - roughly - regard concepts as the mental equivalents of Fregean senses.
For even though Peacocke claims that a DT is indispensable to any account of concepts, it appears to be possible to have a theory of concepts which accepts the first stage of the theory but not the second one.
Peacocke's insistence on the necessity of a DT appears is linked to his dictum that "judgement aims at truth".
Nonconceptual Mental Content (5180 words)
Christopher Peacocke, in a series of papers and then in his book on concepts (Peacocke 1992), argues that the fineness of grain of perceptual experience outstrips the conceptual capacities of the perceiver.
Peacocke was initially unconvinced by this line of argument (Peacocke 1994), but subsequently changed his mind (Peacocke 2002).
Peacocke suggests that a given perceptual content should be specified in terms of the ways of filling out the space around the perceiver that are consistent with the content's being correct.
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