CfP – Special Issue of «Synthese»
The Structure of Perceptual ObjectsIn the last years, the mainstream debate in philosophy of perception has centered on the controversy between naïve realism and representationalism. Much less attention has been paid to the problem of the structure of perceptual objects. In the case of visual perception, psychologists insist that visual objects have a geometrical or mereological structure. Visual objects are described as «complex wholes» (Treisman) or «structured holder[s] […] organized set of multiple properties» (Pinna & Deiana). But what about perceptual objects of other sense modalities? Most philosophers have simplistically assumed that considerations about visual perceptual experience can be transposed to objects belonging to the other sense modalities, but it seems unclear that acoustic, or olfactory objects have the same kind of structure of visual objects. We have recently witnessed a growing philosophical interest for the other sense modalities: like taste, acoustic perception, or touch. However, much work is still needed to uncover the structure of non-visual perceptual objects.
This special issue will gather contributions on the problem of the structure of perceptual objects from different perspectives. Guest editors: Alfredo Vernazzani (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) Błażej Skrzypulec (Polish Academy of Sciences) Tobias Schlicht (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) |