?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=HOW+EXPERIENCED+PHENOMENA+RELATE+TO+THINGS+THEMSELVES%3A+KANT%2C+HUSSERL%2C+HOCHE%2C+AND+REFLEXIVE+MONISM%0A%0A&rft.creator=Velmans%2C+Prof+Max&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Perceptual+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Metaphysics&rft.description=What+we+normally+think+of+as+the+%E2%80%9Cphysical+world%E2%80%9D+is+also+the+world+as+experienced%2C+that+is%2C+a+world+of+appearances.++Given+this%2C+what+is+the+reality+behind+the+appearances%2C+and+what+might+its+relation+be+to+consciousness+and+to+constructive+processes+in+the+mind%3F+According+to+Kant%2C+the+thing+itself+that+brings+about+and+supports+these+appearances+is+unknowable+and+we+can+never+gain+any+understanding+of+how+it+brings+such+appearances+about.+Reflexive+monism+argues+the+opposite%3A+the+thing+itself+is+knowable+as+are+the+processes+that+construct+conscious+appearances.+Conscious+appearances+(empirical+evidence)+and+the+theories+derived+from+them+can+represent+what+the+world+is+really+like%2C+even+though+such+empirical+knowledge+is+partial%2C+approximate+and+uncertain%2C+and+conscious+appearances+are+species-specific+constructions+of+the+human+mind.+Drawing+on+the+writings+of+Husserl%2C+Hoche+suggests+that+problems+of+knowledge%2C+mind+and+consciousness+are+better+understood+in+terms+of+a+%E2%80%9Cpure+noematic%E2%80%9D+phenomenology+that+avoids+any+reference+to+a+%E2%80%9Cthing+itself%E2%80%9D.+I+argue+that+avoiding+reference+to+a+knowable+reality+(behind+appearances)+leads+to+more+complex+explanations+with+less+explanatory+value+and+counterintuitive+conclusions%E2%80%94for+example+Hoche%E2%80%99s+conclusion+that+consciousness+is+not+part+of+nature.++The+critical+realism+adopted+by+reflexive+monism+appears+to+be+more+useful%2C+as+well+as+being+consistent+with+science+and+common+sense.%0A%0A&rft.date=2006&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4737%2F1%2FHoche_reply_final.mht&rft.identifier=++Velmans%2C+Prof+Max++(2006)+HOW+EXPERIENCED+PHENOMENA+RELATE+TO+THINGS+THEMSELVES%3A+KANT%2C+HUSSERL%2C+HOCHE%2C+AND+REFLEXIVE+MONISM.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4737%2F