Stinking Philosophy Smell Perception, Cognition, and Consciousness

• Main Author: Young, Benjamin
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge The MIT Press 2024
• Series: The MIT Press
• Subjects: Cognitive Sciences/Cognitive Neuroscience; Cognitive studies; Interdisciplinary studies; Philosophy; Philosophy and Religion; Philosophy of mind; Philosophy/Philosophy of Mind/Perception; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Topics in philosophy

The nature of olfaction; its importance for understanding perennial issues of philosophy of mind, perception, and consciousness; and its implications for cognitive neuroscience.What are smells? Despite the best efforts of philosophy and the chemosciences, the question remains vexing—but no more perp...