Sounds : a philosophical theory / Casey O'Callaghan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Callaghan, Casey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sounds--Philosophy.

Sounds.

Auditory perception--Philosophy.

Auditory perception.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Vision dominates philosophical thinking about perception, and theorizing about experience in cognitive science has traditionally focused on a visual model. In a radical departure from established practice, Casey O'Callaghan provides a systematic treatment of sound and sound experience, and shows how thinking about audition and appreciating the relationships between multiple sense modalities can enrich our understanding of perception and the mind.Sounds proposes a novel theory of sounds and auditory perception. Against the widely accepted philosophical view that sounds are among the secondary o

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures; 1. Sonic Realism; 2. What Is a Sound?; 3. The Locations of Sounds; 4. The Argument from Vacuums; 5. Sounds as Events; 6. Audible Qualities; 7. Sound-Related Phenomena; 8. The Argument from Echoes; 9. Echoes; 10. Hearing Recorded Sounds; 11. Cross-Modal Illusions; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-188) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-957550-9

1-281-14949-7

9786611149499

0-19-152704-1

1-4356-2166-2

OCLC:

191046293