Deep Perception draws on analytic, continental, and Eastern philosophy to argue that direct perceptions of the being or essential character of a person, thing, or situation are possible. These perceptions are also enactments of our own being. Jeremy Barris explores their nature, logic, and practice.

Introduction: Aims, Background, and ClarificationsChapter One: Deep Perception in the Philosophical and Related TraditionsChapter Two: Deep Perception: BeginningsChapter Three: The Legitimacy and the Intuitive Sense and Manageability of This Kind of SelfReferential Self-ContradictionChapter Four: Contemporary Western-Northern Philosophy and the Meaningful Identifiability ofBeing as SuchChapter Five: Contemporary Western-Northern Philosophy and the Possibility of the DirectPerception of Being: Ontology, or NotChapter Six: The Sense or Intelligible Structure of Deep PerceptionChapter Seven: Some Characteristics of Deep Perception and Some Corresponding Aspects of ItsWorkingChapter Eight: The Nature and Method of Engaging in Deep Perception or Some Ways of BeingOurselvesChapter Nine: Different Kinds of Deep Perception and Varieties of Its Form of Expression orVehicleChapter Ten: Deep Perception as Already ResponsibilityChapter Eleven: Deep ActionConclusion: An Historical Note, and Deep Perception and Plain TruthReferencesAbout the Author