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The Senses: Classic and Contemporary Philosophical Perspectives (Philosophy of Mind Series) Hardcover - 2011 - 1st Edition

by Macpherson, Fiona [Editor]


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  • Title The Senses: Classic and Contemporary Philosophical Perspectives (Philosophy of Mind Series)
  • Author Macpherson, Fiona [Editor]
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 410
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press
  • Date 2011-05
  • ISBN 9780195385977
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Hardback. New. 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 information from the sciences that challenges some traditional philosophical views about the senses. This information needs to be incorporated into our view of the senses and perception. Can we do this whilst retaining our pre-existing concepts of the senses and of perception or do we need to revise our concepts? If they need to be revised, then in what way should that be done? Research in diverse… Read More
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