Introduction

In this chapter we begin by introducing two hats that a philosophical theory of perception needs to wear. The first is the epistemological hat, which focuses on perception’s role of providing us with information about the external world; the second is the phenomenological hat, which focuses on the conscious aspects of perceptual experiences. By focusing on these two hats – these two different jobs that a theory of perception must play – we can identify “tests” for an adequate philosophical theory of perception.