Objects and Sound Perception
Review of Philosophy and Psychology 1(1) 2010
Nicolas J. Bullot & Paul Egré (eds.)
This issue is forthcoming in the Review of Philosophy and Psychology
[ISSN 1878-5158] — the new series of the ERP published by Springer.
Guest authors:
- Stephen Davies, University of Auckland
- Michael Kubovy, University of Virginia
- Mohan Matthen, University of Toronto
In recent years, research on perceptual cognition directed at physical objects has been dominated by the studies of visual abilities. However, it is reasonable to consider that interacting with, and acquiring perceptual knowledge about physical objects depends on the relations between distinct perceptual modalities (or possibly, on a single multimodal perceptual system). Research on multimodal perceptual abilities may thus provide a key to the understanding of object-based cognition. In this context, this special issue intends to investigate the specific contribution of audition and sound perception to the knowledge about objects. Submissions are encouraged especially on the following problems: • While a number of theories of visual cognition seem to admit that the ontology of vision is object-based, the relevant ontology of auditory perception has sometimes been alleged to correspond to events. Are there two different ontologies for vision and audition? • One could assume that, as well for any other sensory capability, auditory perception provides information for singular representations and knowledge about objective particulars or individuals. How should one analyze the contribution of sound perception from such an epistemic point of view? • How should one provide a coherent analysis of complex phenomena such as voice and language perception, wherein multiple levels of information may be relevant for the perceiver (e.g., timbre and tonal information, phonemes, words, melodies, speaker?s identity)? • What is the status of deictic or demonstrative reference directed at a particular sound source? • What are the respective features of visual and auditory identification? • Are inferences based on vision typically distinct from inferences based on audition?
Table of contents
Nicolas J. Bullot & Paul Egré
Introduction
Stephen Davies
Perceiving melodies and perceiving musical colours
Michael Kubovy & Michael Schutz
Audio-visual objects
Mohan Matthen
On the diversity of auditory objects
Hannes Ole Matthiessen
Seeing and hearing directly
Matthew Nudds
What are auditory objects?
Casey O'Callaghan
Perceiving the locations of sounds
David Roden
Sonic art and the nature of sonic events