TY - JOUR
T1 - Sensing, perceiving, and thinking
T2 - On the method of phenomenal contrast
AU - Tolliver, Joseph Thomas
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - I apply the Method of Phenomenal Contrast to examples involving aesthetic experience and sensory illusion. While the method can provide reasons to prefer one form of content hypothesis over others, it may be of no help in answering substantive questions about the nature and structure of such content. I suggest that successful application of the method can leave us with a difficult question. Why would a sensory system have the function of representing a property that it cannot detect?
AB - I apply the Method of Phenomenal Contrast to examples involving aesthetic experience and sensory illusion. While the method can provide reasons to prefer one form of content hypothesis over others, it may be of no help in answering substantive questions about the nature and structure of such content. I suggest that successful application of the method can leave us with a difficult question. Why would a sensory system have the function of representing a property that it cannot detect?
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U2 - 10.1111/j.2041-6962.2007.tb00119.x
DO - 10.1111/j.2041-6962.2007.tb00119.x
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:60949469558
SN - 0038-4283
VL - 45
SP - 143
EP - 151
JO - Southern Journal of Philosophy
JF - Southern Journal of Philosophy
IS - SUPPL
ER -