Perceptual Plasticity and Theoretical Neutrality: A Reply to Jerry Fodor
- 1 June 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Philosophy of Science
- Vol. 55 (2), 167-187
- https://doi.org/10.1086/289425
Abstract
The doctrine that the character of our perceptual knowledge is plastic, and can vary substantially with the theories embraced by the perceiver, has been criticized in a recent paper by Fodor. His a...Keywords
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