| A Theory of Sentience Contributor(s): Clark, Austen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198238517 ISBN-13: 9780198238515 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $166.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2000 Annotation: Austen Clark offers a general account of the forms of mental representation that we call "sensory." Drawing on the findings of current neuroscience, Clark defends the hypothesis that the various modalities of sensation share a generic form that he calls "feature-placing." Sensing proceeds by picking out place-times in or around the body of the sentient organism, and characterizing qualities (features) that appear at those place-times. The hypothesis casts light on many other troublesome phenomena, including the varieties of illusion, the problem of projection, the notion of a visual field, and the existence of sense-data. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Epistemology - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 152.1 |
| LCCN: 99059001 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.31 lbs) 304 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Austen Clark offers a general account of the forms of mental representation that we call sensory. Drawing on the findings of current neuroscience, Clark defends the hypothesis that the various modalities of sensation share a generic form that he calls feature-placing. Sensing proceeds by picking out place-times in or around the body of the sentient organism, and characterizing qualities (features) that appear at those place-times. The hypothesis casts light on many other troublesome phenomena, including the varieties of illusion, the problem of projection, the notion of a visual field, and the existence of sense-data. |