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Is Margaret Cavendish a naïve realist?

Authors :
Whiting, Daniel
Source :
European Journal of Philosophy. Jun2024, Vol. 32 Issue 2, p321-341. 21p.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Perception plays a central and wide‐ranging role in the philosophy of Margaret Cavendish. In this paper, I argue that Cavendish holds a naïve realist theory of perception. The case draws on what Cavendish has to say about perceptual presentation, the role of sympathy in experience, the natures of hallucination and of illusion, and the individuation of kinds. While Cavendish takes perception to have representational content, I explain how this is consistent with naïve realism. In closing, I address challenges to the interpretation, one of which turns on whether Cavendish allows for action at a distance. I argue that she does. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
09668373
Volume :
32
Issue :
2
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
European Journal of Philosophy
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
177946811
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/ejop.12914