A Theory of Sentience

by Austen Clark

Austen Clark offers a general account of the forms of mental representation that we call "sensory." Drawing on the findings of current neuroscience, Clark defends the hypothesis that the various modalities of sensation share a generic form that he calls "feature-placing." Sensing proceeds by picking out place-times in or around the body of the sentient organism, and characterizing qualities (features) that appear at those place-times. The hypothesis...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198238517
• ISBN13: 9780198238515
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"