CALL FOR PAPERS
Objects and Sound Perception
European Review of Philosophy, 7 (2007)
Nicolas J. Bullot & Paul Egré, editors.
Submission deadline: 1 December 2006
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?
Guest authors
- Stephen Davies, University of Auckland
- Michael Kubovy, University of Virginia
- Mohan Matthen, University of Toronto
Submissions
Submissions should be addressed electronically to: sound@erp-review.org. The deadline for submission is 1 December 2006.
Instructions for authors
Papers should describe original and previously unpublished work. Submissions must be in English and should not exceed 8000 words, with an abstract of up to 200 words. The following formats are accepted for submission: RTF, PDF, DOC, LATEX. Authors are invited to follow the stylistic guidelines, templates and detailed instructions available here.
Submitted papers will be reviewed by the Editors and blind-reviewed by two anonymous referees. For the purpose of blind refereeing, authors are requested not to include their name or affiliation in their submitted papers, but in a separate file. Each submission should consist of two distinct files:
- A frontpage containing the title of the paper, the name and affiliation of the author(s), as well as any acknowledgment.
- The manuscript of the paper (containing only the title, the abstract and the body of the article).
About the journal
Established in Geneva in 1994, the European Review of Philosophy is a peer-reviewed journal edited yearly at the Jean Nicod Institute, Paris. It publishes thematic issues on philosophical and foundational aspects of the scientific study of cognition.
Contact
Intending authors should make direct contact with the guest editors of the relevant issue by writing to: sound@erp-review.org
All other editorial correspondence should be addressed to:European Review of Philosophy
Dario Taraborelli, editor
Institut Jean Nicod
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F-75007 Paris
email: editor@erp-review.org
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