I am interested in the phenomenon of intentional thought, and in particular in the difference between what philosophers generally call singular and general thoughts. In my thesis, I hope to give an account of the phenomenon of singular thought that takes into account recents deflationary theories without giving up on earlier Russellian concerns, notably by trying to draw what I hope could be useful distinctions between different notions of singularity.

The topic of my thesis is the epistemic role of perception. I attempt first to explain how perceptual experience can provide an immediate justification for beliefs about the external world in response to Sellars’ and BonJour’s attacks. I thereby also try to see if the possibility of such a perceptual justification depends on a particular metaphysical view of experience. I then pursue on those lines by investigating McDowell’s claim that the very possibility of perceptual knowledge depends on a disjunctive…