Sensory qualities / Austen Clark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, Austen, author.

Series:

Clarendon library of logic and philosophy.

Clarendon library of logic and philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Senses and sensation.

Perception.

Philosophy of mind.

Psychology--Philosophy.

Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 250 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon, 1993.

Summary:

The notoriously difficult conundrum of how a perceiving subject is able to perceive, and how to explain the process cogently and without recourse to dishonest logic, is tackled by Austen Clark in this clearly argued discourse.

Contents:

1. Introduction. 1.1. Sensory Qualities. 1.2. Some Classic Formulations. 1.3. The Problems with Sensory Qualities

2. Explaining Looks. 2.1. Perceptual Effects. 2.2. Some Examples of Explanations. 2.3. A Schema for Explanation. 2.4. Identity of Effects. 2.5. Discrimination and Information

3. Matching and Qualitative Identity. 3.1. Qualitative identity. 3.2. Methodological Solipsism. 3.3. Cascading into the Brain

4. Quality Space. 4.1. Identifying Differentiative Properties. 4.2. Order from Indiscriminability. 4.3. Multidimensional Orders. 4.4. Relative Similarity as a Basis. 4.5. Multidimensional Scaling. 4.6. Companionship and Community. 4.7. Dimensions and Differentiative Attributes. 4.8. An Answer to Circularity Objections

5. Different Modalities. 5.1. Prospects for a General Theory. 5.2. The Psychological Colour Solid. 5.3. Some Neuro-Phenomenological Distinctions. 5.4. Spatial Qualia, Chords, and Shapes. 5.5. Taste and Smell. 5.6. Explaining Quality Space.

6. Defining and Identifying Qualities. 6.1. Places in the Sensory Order. 6.2. Intersubjective Differences. 6.3. Problems with Paradigms. 6.4. What Generalizes? 6.5. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Properties. 6.6. Reference-Fixing. 6.7. Qualities and Natural Kinds

7. Summary and Conclusion

Appendix: Multidimensional Scaling.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version

ISBN:

0-19-167936-4

0-19-823680-8