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OverviewCertain representations are bound in a special way to our sensory capacities. Many pictures show things as looking certain ways, for instance, while auditory mental images show things as sounding certain ways. What do all those distinctively sensory representations have in common, and what makes them different from representations of other kinds? Dominic Gregory argues that they are alike in having meanings of a certain special type. He employs a host of novel ideas relating to kinds of perceptual states, sensory perspectives, and sensory varieties of meaning to provide a detailed account of the special nature of the contents which belong to distinctively sensory representations. The resulting theory is then used to shed light on a wide range of intellectual issues. Some of the topics addressed in Showing, Sensing, and Seeming relate to distinctively sensory representations in general, but many of them concern distinctively sensory representations of more specific kinds. The book contains detailed philosophical examinations of sensory mental imagery and pictures, for instance, and of memory, photography, and analogous nonvisual phenomena. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dominic Gregory (University of Sheffield)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.60cm Weight: 0.484kg ISBN: 9780199653737ISBN 10: 0199653739 Pages: 244 Publication Date: 26 September 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Things to explain 2: Matters of perspective 3: A theory of distinctively sensory content 4: Applications and extensions 5: Mental images 6: Pictures 7: More on pictures 8: Distinctively sensory records Conclusion References IndexReviewsRich and original. Angela Mendelovici, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Anyone interested in the question of how mental imagery is related to sensory experience will undoubtedly find Dominic Gregory's Showing, Sensing, and Seeming interesting and rich. His treatment of neglected topics is, if sometimes dense, highly original. Jennifer Corns, The Philosophical Quarterly Gregory's book shows how fruitful it can be to approach well-known discussions - such as those involving depiction, mental imagery, and picture perception - from a wider perspective. Familiar problems can be seen under a new light once we recognize they are grounded in the common nature that represetnations share. Giulia Martina, postgraduate journal of aesthetics Author InformationDominic Gregory is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Sheffield. He has published papers on aesthetics, logic, metaphysics, and the philosophy of mind. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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