University of Mississippi
PTSD And Emotionally Augmented Perception: An Argument For Direct Realism
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) causes behavioral and emotional problems. The emotions associated with the disorder, research has shown, literally change and individual’s perception. Those who study the effects of emotion on perception generally accept an indirect theory of perception like representationalism. Yet, an indirect theory does not seem to be adequate to account for the immediacy and phenomenology of PTSD. Therefore, a theory that can better account for these is needed. I suggest a form of direct realism – the combined scientific-philosophical theory that combines John Campbell’s 3-place relation and James J. Gibson’s direct perception of information through ambient light – is such a theory. In addition, looking at the variability of normalcy may account for why there is not 100% attrition of PTSD across individuals exposed to the same or similar traumatic events.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- M.A. in Philosophy
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Philosophy and Religion
- Year dc:date.available
- 2016
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Woodruff, Patrick Travis
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Donovan Wishon
- Timothy P. Yenter
- Robert Barnard
Subjects
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dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/751
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:egrove.olemiss.edu:etd-1750