A Theory of Sentience

by Austen Clark

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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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0198238517

ISBN13:9780198238515

Release Date:May 2000

Publisher:Clarendon Press

Length:304 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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Epistemology Humanities Language Arts Linguistics Philosophy Politics & Social Sciences Words, Language & Grammar

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