I would like to pursue a research thesis on the topic of perceptual heterogeneity.

I am a prospective philosophy student seeking advice on how to proceed.

The topic I am most interested in is perception.
The topic of interest is perception. I was always interested in perception but for a while I was confused about the nature of my inquiry and I thought perception was a topic for the sciences. I originally wanted to switch into neuroscience to try and figure out ‘how the brain gives rise to consciousness (i.e. the ‘hard problem of consciousness). But now I correctly understand that my interest in the topic of perception is philosophical instead of scientific. I am particularly interested in an analysis of perception within an idealist framework. George Berkeley’s thesis about perceptual heterogeneity in ‘New Theory of Vision’ is the most fascinating theory about consciousness, and what I believe to be the most phenomenologically accurate description of consciousness, I’ve ever heard. I also believe the ‘perceptual heterogeneity’ theory is rich in philosophical consequences and can serve as a starting point for a kind of empiricist foundationalism.

I found your email by looking for conferences on George Berkeley and contacted whoever presented an article there.
So what would be your advice for someone like me? I am someone with intense philosophical interests who is seeking to find a graduate program in order to do a thesis in ‘perceptual heterogeneity’. But I have no formal training at all. As an undergrad I only took one philosophy course. I would like to do formal research on the topic of George Berkeley’s perceptual heterogeneity thesis. Engineering is fascinating and all, but I believe philosophy (and theology) have a higher priority than just about every other field of endeavor. Should I go back and take undergrad classes? Can I possibly apply for a masters? I am just now graduating with a master’s degree in electrical engineering and will most likely be getting a job soon. But I plan to leave my job after a few years in order to do a research thesis on the topic of perceptual heterogeneity. Electrical engineering is definitely interesting but I think philosophy (and theology) are at the top of intellectual priority and worthy of careful study. As soon as I began studying the issues from a philosophical perspective I found that I began changing my mind about a lot of things. A lot of very important things as well. Naïve materialism and naïve atheism would be two of them. But I would like to do a research thesis in philosophy on the topic of perceptual heterogeneity.

The topic of most interest is the topic of perception. In particular, George Berkeley’s perceptual heterogeneity thesis is the most fascinating and most phenomenologically accurate description of consciousness I’ve seen to date. I also believe it is rich in philosophical consequences. I would like to do a doctoral thesis on this topic.

Do you know of any people that would be useful to contact about this?

I have only taken one philosophy class in. Why I would also like to improve my writing skills. In the summer I had an intense urge to understand the nature of reality so I took out books from my university library on the topic. After reading ‘Skeptical Essays’ by Benson Mates, basically turned my worldview upside down. I wrote about 700 pages on philosophy in my spare time. I would like to

But of what is my fascinating to me is an interest in The problem of other minds, external world skepticism, innate ideas, and others.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.