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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Neuroscience
  • Philosophy of Mind

Background:

  • Sensorimotor contingencies (SMCs) are key to understanding sensory experience.
  • An existing account links SMC mastery to sensory presence via counterfactual richness.
  • The representationalist interpretation of predictive processing of sensorimotor contingencies (PPSMC) is debated.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To broaden the application of sensorimotor potentialities beyond Seth's account of sensory presence.
  • To propose a more detailed specification of sensory presence using novel dimensions.
  • To offer a non-representationalist perspective on sensorimotor accounts of synesthesia.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis and theoretical extension of existing sensorimotor theories.
  • Critique of representationalist interpretations within predictive processing models.
  • Proposal of new metrics for quantifying sensory presence.

Main Results:

  • Sensorimotor potentialities apply to all sensory experiences, not just specific aspects.
  • Sensory presence can be specified by bodiliness, insubordinateness, and grabbiness.
  • A non-representationalist implementation of SMCs is viable for explaining phenomena like synesthesia.

Conclusions:

  • Mastery of sensorimotor contingencies is a fundamental aspect of all sensory experience.
  • Bodiliness, insubordinateness, and grabbiness offer a richer account of sensory presence.
  • Removing representationalism from predictive processing of sensorimotor contingencies (PPSMC) allows for a more accurate model of sensory phenomena.