The senses : classical and contemporary philosophical perspectives / edited by Fiona Macpherson.

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Macpherson, Fiona

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TextSeries: Philosophy of mind seriesAnalytics: Show analyticsPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (425 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780199780723
0199780722
9780195385977
0195385977
9780195385960
0195385969

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Senses : Classic and Contemporary Philosophical Perspectives.DDC classification:

128.3 128/.3

LOC classification:

BD214 .S46 2010

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Contents:

Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; INTRODUCTION; 1 Individuating the Senses; SECTION I: CLASSIC WORKS; 2 Excerpt from On the Soul (De Anima); 3 Aristotle on Demarcating the Five Senses; 4 Some Remarks About the Senses; 5 Distinguishing the Senses; 6 The Senses of Martians; 7 The Senses, excerpt from Perception and Cognition; 8 Characterising the Senses; 9 Categorising the Senses; 10 Sight and Touch; 11 Making Sense of the Senses: Individuating Modalities in Humans and Other Animals; SECTION II: NEW WORKS; 12 On the Nature of the Senses; 13 Re-imagining, Re-Viewing and Re-Touching.

14 The Senses15 A Proprioceptive Account of the Sense Modalities; 16 The Senses as Psychological Kinds; 17 Tastes, Temperatures, and Pains; 18 The Sense of Agency; 19 Cross-Modal Cuing and Selective Attention; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y.

Summary: The senses, or sensory modalities, constitute the different ways we have of perceiving the world, such as seeing, hearing, touching, tasting and smelling. But how many senses are there? How many could there be? What makes the senses different? What interaction takes place between the senses? This book is a guide to thinking about these questions. Together with an extensive introduction to the topic, the book contains the key classic papers on this subject together with nine newly commissioned essays. One reason that these questions are important is that we are receiving a huge influx of new inf.

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The senses, or sensory modalities, constitute the different ways we have of perceiving the world, such as seeing, hearing, touching, tasting and smelling. But how many senses are there? How many could there be? What makes the senses different? What interaction takes place between the senses? This book is a guide to thinking about these questions. Together with an extensive introduction to the topic, the book contains the key classic papers on this subject together with nine newly commissioned essays. One reason that these questions are important is that we are receiving a huge influx of new inf.