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Martina, Guilia and Nudds, Matthew (2024) Smelling things. Philosophical Quarterly . doi:10.1093/pq/pqae009 ISSN 0031-8094. (In Press)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqae009
Abstract
In this paper, we outline and defend a view on which in olfactory experience we can, and often do, smell ordinary things of various kinds—for instance, cookies, coffee, and cake burnings—and the olfactory properties they have. A challenge to this view are cases of smelling in the absence of the source of a smell, such as when a fishy smell lingers after the fish is gone. Such cases, many philosophers argue, show that what we perceive in olfactory experience are odour objects, and not ordinary things. On behalf of our opponent, we articulate a screening-off argument based on cases of lingering smells for the thesis that we do not smell ordinary things. We then develop an alternative account of these cases that is consistent with our view. In doing so, we call into question two claims that are typically built into the notion of an odour object.
Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | |||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Smell, Smell -- Philosophy, Odors, Perception (Philosophy) | |||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Philosophical Quarterly | |||||||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | |||||||||
ISSN: | 0031-8094 | |||||||||
Official Date: | 2024 | |||||||||
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DOI: | 10.1093/pq/pqae009 | |||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
Publication Status: | In Press | |||||||||
Re-use Statement: | This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Philosophical Quarterly following peer review. The version of record Giulia Martina, Matthew Nudds, Smelling things, The Philosophical Quarterly, 2024; pqae009, is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqae009 | |||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Free Access (unspecified licence, 'bronze OA') | |||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 12 January 2024 | |||||||||
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