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



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Titolo: The senses : classic and contemporary philosophical perspectives / / edited by Fiona Macpherson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (425 p.)
Disciplina: 128.3
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Soggetto topico: Senses and sensation
Sense (Philosophy)
Altri autori: MacphersonFiona  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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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ISBN: 0-19-045261-7
1-280-59534-5
9786613625175
0-19-978072-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910814982803321
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Serie: Philosophy of mind series.