Philosophy of Perception — DU B.A. (Hons.) Philosophy Previous Year Question Papers

1. Examine and compare the Buddhist and Nyaya theories of perception. 2. Analyse the sense-datum view and the representational view of perception. 3. Discuss the internal physical state view and naive realism with reference to perception. 93 { (ternal Physical State View) 4. What does Susanna Siegel mean by "The Rationality of Perception"? Elaborate with examples. 5. "Visual perception is an active, embodied process." Analyse this claim with reference to enactive vision. 6. Discuss Athanassios Raftopoulos's distinction between object individuation and object identification. Why does he claim that object individuation is cognitively encapsulated and prior to object identification? Athanassios Rafiopoulos aRT yin object individuation *T object identification beı individion 89 7. ".. the very notion of the "immediate' is transformed: henceforth it is no longer the tereston or tend tre i restine, reparte indian ecomes thi claim of Merleau-Ponty. 8. Critically comment on the phenomenon of the hijacking of perception as discussed by Susanna Siegel. Susanna Siegel aRT A perception hijacking I 3ТК TR