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Object Perception: Vision and Audition
Author(s) -
O’Callaghan Casey
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
philosophy compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.973
H-Index - 25
ISSN - 1747-9991
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-9991.2008.00145.x
Subject(s) - perception , object (grammar) , psychology , auditory perception , visual perception , naturalism , cognitive psychology , focus (optics) , cognitive science , computer science , artificial intelligence , epistemology , philosophy , neuroscience , physics , optics
Vision has been the primary focus of naturalistic philosophical research concerning perception and perceptual experience. Guided by visual experience and vision science, many philosophers have focused upon theoretical issues dealing with the perception of objects. Recently, however, hearing researchers have discussed auditory objects . I present the case for object perception in vision, and argue that an analog of object perception occurs in auditory perception. I propose a notion of an auditory object that is stronger than just that of an intentional object of audition, but that does not identify auditory objects with the ordinary material objects we see.