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Bayne, Tim and McClelland, Tom (2019) Ensemble representation and the contents of visual experience. Philosophical Studies, 176 . pp. 733-753. doi:10.1007/s11098-018-1037-3 ISSN 0031-8116.

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Abstract

Of late philosophers of mind have been greatly exercised by a debate about the ‘admissible contents of perceptual experience’ (e.g., Bayne 2009; Bayne 2016; Brogaard 2013-a; Fish 2013; Hawley & Macpherson 2011; Logue 2013; Lyons 2005; Masrour 2011; McClelland 2016; Nanay 2011; Price 2009; Prinz 2013; Reiland 2014; Siegel 2006; Siegel 2010). The issue, roughly put, concerns the range of properties that ‘figure in’ perceptual experience. The focus of the debate has been very much on the contents of visual experience. It is relatively uncontroversial that colour, shape, illumination, spatial relations, motion, and texture can all figure in the contents of visual experience. The controversy begins when we ask whether any properties besides these are also visually experienced. If a clear case could be made for adding some class of properties to the list, this would be a valuable result. This paper makes just such a case for ‘ensemble properties’—features that belong to a set of perceptible objects as a whole as opposed to the individuals that constitute that set. Ensemble properties include such features as the mean size of an array of shapes or the average emotional expression of an array of faces. Recent research has yielded compelling evidence that the visual system routinely encodes such properties. Combining this with a number of philosophical considerations, we conclude that ensemble properties can (and often do) figure in visual experience.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Visual perception, Color, Shapes
Journal or Publication Title: Philosophical Studies
Publisher: Springer
ISSN: 0031-8116
Official Date: 15 March 2019
Dates:
DateEvent
15 March 2019Published
23 January 2018Available
14 January 2018Accepted
Volume: 176
Page Range: pp. 733-753
DOI: 10.1007/s11098-018-1037-3
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 15 January 2018
Date of first compliant Open Access: 5 February 2018
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
FT150100266Australian Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000923
Early Career FellowshipLeverhulme Trusthttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000275

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