Olfactory Experience II: Objects and Properties
Philosophy Compass December 1, 2010 Clare Batty 34 citations
Abstract The philosophy of perception has been dominated by vision, with very little discussion of the chemical senses – olfaction and gustation. In this second entry of a pair on olfactory experience, I consider what olfaction has to tell us about two issues: (i) the nature of perceptual objects and (ii) the nature of perceptual properties and, in particular, the secondary qualities. Given the...