TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - The senses : classic and contemporary philosophical perspectives
T2  - Philosophy of mind series
A2  - Macpherson, Fiona, toimittaja
LA  - eng
PP  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
YR  - 2010
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/helka.9924252433506253
AB  - A Collection of Classic and Contemporary Articles on the Philosophy of the Senses --
AB  - 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 abtout 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 areas, such as the nature of human perception, varieties of non-human animal perception, the interaction between different sensory modalities, perceptual disorders, and possible treatments for them, calls into question the platitude that there are five senses, as well as the pre-supposition that we know what we are counting when we count them as five (or more). --
AB  - 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 and nine newly commissioned essays. --
SN  - 9780195385960 pehmeäkantinen
SN  - 9780195385977 kovakantinen
KW  - Senses and sensation.
KW  - aistit.
KW  - filosofia.
KW  - sinnen.
KW  - filosofi.
ER  -