eprintid: 10105771
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type: thesis
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creators_name: Stazicker, James
title: Auditory perception and spatial representation
ispublished: unpub
keywords: Philosophy, religion and theology; Representation of objects
note: Thesis digitised by ProQuest.
abstract: I investigate the connection between representations of space itself, as opposed to objects' spatial relations, and the representation of objects as mind-independent. I assume that perceptual states are reason-giving in that they represent the world to us as mind-independent, and seek to discover what features of their content might be necessary for this. In my first main chapter (II), I argue that spaces themselves cannot be represented purely auditorily; but I also argue that the representation of spaces themselves plays an important part in both vision and touch. In chapter III, I discuss two interpretations of Kant's Transcendental Aesthetic, in an attempt to uncover necessary conditions for spatial perception that involve the representation of space itself. I start with Daniel Warren's discussion of place-representation, and connect this to discussion of spaces and objectivity (Allison / Strawson). In chapter IV, I discuss arguments for constitutive links between spatial representation and representation as objective, making use of Gareth Evans' and John Campbell's discussions of a simple spatial theory of perception that constitutes our grasp of an empirical world. Having concluded that representation as objective may require the representation of space itself, I explore in chapter V the problem of how this requirement might be met in hearing, despite the fact that spaces cannot be represented purely auditorially. I criticise possible accounts according to which space-representation is extrinsic to hearing. I then offer an account that emphasises the need to characterise the contents of auditory perception in a way that is integrated with our other senses and with perceptual memory: I claim that this integration is essential to auditory perceptual content.
date: 2004
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
thesis_class: res_masters_open
thesis_award: M.Phil
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
full_text_status: public
pages: 80
institution: UCL (University College London)
thesis_type: Masters
citation:        Stazicker, James;      (2004)    Auditory perception and spatial representation.                   Masters thesis  (M.Phil), UCL (University College London).     Green open access   
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10105771/1/Auditory_perception_and_spatia.pdf