II—The Significance of the Senses |
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| Authors: | Matthew Nudds |
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| Affiliation: | School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, David Hume Tower, George Square, Edinburgh |
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| Abstract: | Standard accounts of the senses attempt to answer the question how and why we count five senses (the counting question); none of the standard accounts is satisfactory. Any adequate account of the senses must explain the significance of the senses, that is, why distinguishing different senses matters. I provide such an explanation, and then use it as the basis for providing an account of the senses and answering the counting question. |
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