Three grades of subject-dependency in object perception

• Published in: Synthese (Dordrecht) Vol. 206; no. 2; p. 96
• Main Authors: Ivy, Spencer, Mroczko-Wąsowicz, Aleksandra
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 08.08.2025; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Attention; Cognitive science; Education; Epistemology; Grammatical case; Logic; Material culture; Metaphysics; Original Research; Perceptions; Philosophy; Philosophy of Language; Philosophy of Science; Psychology; Scalarity (Semantics); Synesthesia; Synesthesia; Anticipation; Perceptual expertise; Feature binding; Subject-dependent; Object perception

In this paper, we argue that a perceiver’s contributions to perception can substantially affect what objects are represented in perceptual experience. To capture the scalar nature of these perceiver-contingent contributions, we introduce three grades of subject-dependency in object perception. The f...