Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Present to the Mind is about acquaintance. Acquaintance is the relation of awareness that we bear to the things we experience most directly, such as colors, shapes, smells, tastes, pains, itches, and maybe also things like beauty and goodness. In this book, the author defends three claims about acquaintance: (i) it exists, (ii) it is knowledge, and (iii) it matters. In the first section, the author describes what acquaintance is and argues that several different forms of it exist. In the second section, he argues that acquaintance is itself a kind of knowledge that is distinct from other kinds of knowledge. In the third section, he argues that acquaintance has unique epistemic, aesthetic, emotional, and moral significance.</jats:p>