Perspectives and the Construction of Consciousness: The Phenomenological Alternative

This book challenges realism, the common sense orientation that governs our outlook upon things. Examining the inescapability of perspectives in all our mental life, it replaces realism with a new paradigm that in turn opens the door on consciousness. The author details how perspectival structure forms the basis for our percepts and concepts, and how symbol usage is necessary in mental development. In the course of his discussion, he examines such central topics as "reality," "truth," and "knowledge."