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On locational sensory individuals and spacetime.

Authors :
Cohen, Jonathan
Source :
Mind & Language. May2024, p1. 13p.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Perception not only registers property instances, but also connects with and attributes properties to individual entities—so‐called sensory individuals, or SIs. But what are SIs? The most‐discussed answers are: (i) SIs are ordinary material objects—cohesive, temporally persistent objects extended and bounded in space, and (ii) SIs are locations or regions in spacetime. I will argue for the object view of SIs on the grounds that its rival, the locational view, faces obstacles concerning the relationship between SIs and spacetime: it makes a mystery of perception's representation of SIs as occupying locations in and moving in ordinary spacetime. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
02681064
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Mind & Language
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
177410875
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/mila.12513