Discusses novel philosophical and linguistic perspectives on sensory perception. Explores the role of verbal expressions, metaphors and synaesthesia in stimuli perception. Describes possible discrepancy between sensory experience and its verbal description. The book illustrates how the human ability to adapt to the environment and interact with it can explain our linguistic representation of the world as constrained by our bodies and sensory perception. The different chapters discuss philosophical, scientific, and linguistic perspectives on embodiment and body perception, highlighting the core mechanisms humans employ to acquire knowledge of reality. These processes are based on sensory experience and interaction through communication.
Sensory Perceptions in Language, Embodiment, and Epistemology
Jodi L. Sandford
Membro del Collaboration Group
2018
Abstract
Discusses novel philosophical and linguistic perspectives on sensory perception. Explores the role of verbal expressions, metaphors and synaesthesia in stimuli perception. Describes possible discrepancy between sensory experience and its verbal description. The book illustrates how the human ability to adapt to the environment and interact with it can explain our linguistic representation of the world as constrained by our bodies and sensory perception. The different chapters discuss philosophical, scientific, and linguistic perspectives on embodiment and body perception, highlighting the core mechanisms humans employ to acquire knowledge of reality. These processes are based on sensory experience and interaction through communication.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
