Perceptual content /

'Perceptual Content' discusses and compares the representational characters of all the traditional 'five senses'. It has three main topics or concerns. (1) The diversity of the senses: though Lycan maintains as a working assumption that all perception represents, the similarity b...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Lycan, William G.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024.
Zusammenfassung:
'Perceptual Content' discusses and compares the representational characters of all the traditional 'five senses'. It has three main topics or concerns. (1) The diversity of the senses: though Lycan maintains as a working assumption that all perception represents, the similarity between sense modalities ends there. The senses' respective representational modes, styles and structures - not just their mechanisms - differ very strongly from each other. (2) The Layering thesis: Lycan argues that a single sensory representation usually has more than one content, the contents systematically related to each other by a priority or dependence relation. More specifically, a perceptual state may represent one object or property by representing a more primitive or less ambitious one; he calls this the 'layering' of content.
Umfang:
1 online resource : illustrations.
Anmerkungen:
Also issued in print: 2024.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-196804-8
Schlagworte:
Senses and sensation.
Senses and sensation > Philosophy.
Perception.
Psychology.
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