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Fiona Macpherson

University of Glasgow
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    Individuating the Senses
    In The Senses: Classic and Contemporary Philosophical Perspectives, Oxford University Press Usa. 2011.
    The 
senses,
 or
 sensory 
modalities,
 constitute 
the
different 
ways
 we
 have
 of
 perceiving 
the 
world,
such
 as 
seeing,
 hearing ,
touching, 
tasting, 
and
smelling.
 But
 what 
makes 
the 
senses 
different?
How 
many
 senses
 are 
there? 
How 
many 
could
 there
 be?
 Wha t
interaction
 takes
 place 
between
the
 senses?
 This 
introduction 
is
 a 
guide 
to
thinking 
about 
these 
questions.

    Distinguishing the SensesSensory Modalities, Misc
  •  463
    The Admissible Contents of Experience (edited book)
    Wiley-Blackwell. 2011.
    Which objects and properties are represented in perceptual experience, and how are we able to determine this? The papers in this collection address these questions together with other fundamental questions about the nature of perceptual content. The book draws together papers by leading international philosophers of mind, including Alex Byrne (MIT), Alva Noë (University of California, Berkeley), Tim Bayne (St Catherine’s College, Oxford), Michael Tye (University of Texas, Austin), Richard …Read more
    Varieties of RepresentationAspects of Intentionality, MiscThe Nature of Contents, Misc