Open AccessODORS, OBJECTS, AND OLFACTION
Author(s) -
Dan CavedonTaylor
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
american philosophical quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2152-1123
pISSN - 0003-0481
DOI - 10.2307/45128600
Subject(s) - olfaction , epistemology , psychology , cognitive science , communication , philosophy , aesthetics , neuroscience
Olfaction represents odors, if it represents anything at all. Does olfaction also represent ordinary objects like cheese, fish, and coffee beans? Many think so. It is argued here that such a view is in error. Instead, we should affirm an austere account of the intentional objects of olfaction: olfactory experience is about odors, not objects. Visuocentric thinking about olfaction has tempted some philosophers to say otherwise.
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