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Area of Science:

  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Cognitive Science
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Traditional definitions of senses often create rigid distinctions.
  • Multisensory perception and consciousness present challenges to simple sensory classifications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a new framework for understanding senses compatible with complex perception.
  • To differentiate senses based on information gathering rather than exclusive modalities.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of perception and sensory modalities.
  • Distinguishing between perceptual capacities and perceptual experiences.

Main Results:

  • Senses are defined as ways of perceiving, each with unique information-gathering methods.
  • Perceptual experiences result from the exercise of perceptual capacities.
  • Sensory modalities are not exclusive; capacities and experiences can overlap and integrate.

Conclusions:

  • This model accommodates richly multisensory perception and conscious experience.
  • It allows for perceptual episodes to involve multiple senses simultaneously.
  • First-person awareness of employed senses is limited.