| Description |
1 online resource (270 pages : illustrations, music |
| Contents |
Introduction : the philosophy of sounds and auditory perception / Casey O'Callaghan and Matthew Nudds -- Sounds and events / Casey O'Callaghan -- Sounds as secondary objects and pure events / Roger Scruton -- Sounds and space / Matthew Nudds -- Some varieties of spatial hearing / Roberto Casati and Jérôme Dokic -- The location of a perceived sound / Brian O'Shaughnessy -- Hearing silence : the perception and introspection of absences / Roy Sorensen -- The sound of music / Andy Hamilton -- Speech sounds and the direct meeting of minds / Barry C. Smith -- The motor theory of speech perception / Christopher Mole -- Philosophical messages in the medium of spoken language / Robert E. Remez and J.D. Trout |
| Summary |
'Sounds and Perception' examines auditory perception and the nature of sounds, an emerging area of interest in the philosophy of mind & perception, & 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 |
| Notes |
Collection grew out of a conference in 2004 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Auditory perception.
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Sounds.
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Auditory Perception
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PHILOSOPHY -- Movements -- Humanism.
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Auditory perception
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Sounds
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nudds, Matthew.
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O'Callaghan, Casey.
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| ISBN |
9780191572135 |
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0191572136 |
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9780191712333 |
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0191712337 |
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