
Sounds and Perception
New Philosophical Essays
Oxford University Press
Published on 6. December 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-0-19-966636-2 (ISBN)
Description
Sounds and Perception is a collection of original essays on auditory perception and the nature of sounds - an emerging area of interest in the philosophy of mind and perception, and in the metaphysics of sensible qualities. The individual essays discuss a wide range of issues, including the nature of sound, the spatial aspects of auditory experience, hearing silence, musical experience, and the perception of speech; a substantial introduction by the editors serves to contextualise the essays and make connections between them. This collection will serve both as an introduction to the nature of auditory perception and as the definitive resource for coverage of the main questions that constitute the philosophy of sounds and audition. The views are original, and there is substantive engagement among contributors. This collection will stimulate future research in this area.
Reviews / Votes
This collection of new essays exhibits the wide range of interesting questions concerning sounds and sound perception, some familiar from other sense modalities and others that are unique to audition, and should be of interest to both experts and newcomers to the study of auditory perception. * Brad Thompson, TPM *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Advanced students and scholars of philosophy; psychologists interested in sound.
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
430 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-966636-2 (9780199666362)
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Persons
Matthew Nudds is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh.
Casey O'Callaghan is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Rice University, and formerly taught at Bates College in Maine. He is the author of Sounds: A Philosophical Theory (OUP, 2007)
Casey O'Callaghan is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Rice University, and formerly taught at Bates College in Maine. He is the author of Sounds: A Philosophical Theory (OUP, 2007)
Content
1. Introduction: the philosophy of sounds and auditory perception ; 2. Sounds and events ; 3. Sounds as secondary objects and pure events ; 4. Sounds and space ; 5. Some varieties of spatial hearing ; 6. The location of a perceived sound ; 7. Hearing silence: the perception and introspection of absences ; 8. The sound of music ; 9. Speech sounds and the direct meeting of minds ; 10. The Motor Theory of speech perception ; 11. Philosophical messages in the medium of spoken language ; Index