A multisensory philosophy of perception / Casey O'Callaghan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Callaghan, Casey, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perception (Philosophy).

Senses and sensation--Philosophy.

Senses and sensation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 219 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Most of the time people perceive using multiple senses. Out walking, we see colors and motion, hear chatter and footsteps, smell petrichor after rain, feel a breeze or the brush of a shoulder. We use our senses together to navigate and learn about the world. In spite of this, scientists and philosophers alike have merely focused on one sense at a time. Nearly every theory of perception is unisensory. This book instead offers a revisionist multisensory philosophy of perception. Casey O'Callaghan considers how our senses work together, in contrast with how they work separately and independently, and how one sense can impact another, leading to surprising perceptual illusions. The joint use of multiple senses, he argues, enables novel forms of perception and experience, such as multisensory rhythms, motions, and flavors that enrich aesthetic experiences of music, dance, and gustatory pleasure."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1.Introduction

1.1.Unisensory Approaches

1.1.1.Science

1.1.2.Philosophy

1.2.Sensory Interactions

1.3.Thesis

2.Processes

2.1.Crossmodal Illusions

2.2.Perception

2.3.Functioning

2.3.1.Crossmodal Illusions vs. Synesthesia

2.3.2.Principles

2.3.3.Benefits

2.3.4.Functions

2.3.5.Synopsis

2.4.Conclusion

2.5.Limitations

2.5.1.Capacities

2.5.2.Consciousness

3.Capacities

3.1.Capacities

3.2.Multisensory Capacities

3.2.1.Coordination

3.2.2.Binding and Identity

3.2.3.Novel Feature Instances

3.2.4.Novel Feature Types

3.2.5.Synopsis

3.3.Multisensory Perceptual Capacities

3.3.1.Empirical Psychology

3.3.2.Rational Psychology

3.4.Conclusions

3.5.Limitation

4.Awareness

4.1.Awareness

4.2.Perceptual Awareness

4.3.Multisensory Awareness

4.3.1.Belief

4.3.2.Action

4.3.3.Appearances

4.3.4.Dissociations

4.3.5.Associations

4.3.6.Attention

4.3.7.Synopsis

4.4.Conclusions

4.5.Limitation

5.Experience

5.1.Experience

5.2.Multisensory Experience

5.3.Being Sense Specific

5.4.The Argument

5.5.Phenomenal Differences

5.6.Skepticism

5.7.Indiscriminability

5.8.Qualities

5.9.Conclusions

5.10.Limitations

5.10.1.Uniqueness

5.10.2.The Senses

6.Senses

6.1.Senses as Capacities

6.2.Individuating Senses

6.3.Ways of Perceiving

6.4.The Significance of the Senses

6.5.Taxonomic Payoff

6.6.Episodes

6.7.Experiences

6.8.Features

6.9.Knowledge of Modality

6.10.Synopsis

6.11.Conclusion

7.Conclusion

7.1.Processes

7.1.1.Function

7.1.2.Capacities

7.2.Consciousness

7.2.1.Awareness

7.2.2.Experience

7.3.Taxonomy

7.3.1.Senses

7.3.2.Perception

7.4.Consequences

7.4.1.Negative

7.4.2.Positive

7.5.Coda.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-187212-1

0-19-257042-0