CFP: Synthese Special Issue on "The Structure of Perceptual Objects"

Synthese Special Issue on The Structure of Perceptual Objects

Guest Editors:

Alfredo Vernazzani (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)

Błażej Skrzypulec  (Polish Academy of Sciences)

Tobias Schlicht  (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)

Special Issue Description:

In the last years, the mainstream debate in philosophy of perception has centered on the controversy between naïve realism and representationalism. Much less attention has been paid to the problem of the structure of perceptual objects. In the case of visual perception, psychologists insist that visual objects have a geometrical or mereological structure. Visual objects are described as «complex wholes» (Treisman) or «structured holder[s] […] organized set of multiple properties» (Pinna & Deiana). But what about perceptual objects of other sense modalities? Most philosophers have simplistically assumed that considerations about visual perceptual experience can be transposed to objects belonging to the other sense modalities, but it seems unclear that acoustic, or olfactory objects have the same kind of structure of visual objects. We have recently witnessed a growing philosophical interest for the other sense modalities: like taste, acoustic perception, or touch. However, much work is still needed to uncover the structure of non-visual perceptual objects.

This special issue will gather contributions on the problem of the structure of perceptual objects from different perspectives.

Appropriate topics for submission include, among others:

—   The structure of modality-specific objects (auditory objects, visual objects, etc.)

—   The structure of multimodal objects.

—   Spatial structure of non-visual objects.

—   The concept of “object” in other sense modalities, like acoustic objects, taste objects, etc.

—   Do perceptual objects (both visual and non-visual) have a subject-predicate structure?

—   The ontology and metaphysics of non-visual perceptual objects.

Submission Instructions:

Contributions must be in English, original and not under review elsewhere. Each submission should include a separate title page containing the contact details of the author(s), an abstract (150-250 words) and a list of 4–6 keywords. All papers will be subject to double-anonymous peer-review. Manuscripts should be submitted online through the Synthese Editorial Manager (https://www.editorialmanager.com/synt), by selecting the Special Issue “S.I.: Structure of Perceptual Objects” from the article type drop-down menu. For further details, please refer to the author guidelines available on the journal’s website: (http://www.springer.com/philosophy/epistemology+and+philosophy+of+science/journal/11229?detailsPage=pltci_2998239)

For further information, please contact the guest editor(s):

Alfredo Vernazzani, [email protected]

Błażej Skrzypulec, [email protected]

EXTENDED DEADLINE: 1 October 2018

Special issue website: https://structure-of-perceptual-objects-synthese.weebly.com/

Contact details of guest editors:

Alfredo Vernazzani & Tobias Schlicht:

Institut für Philosophie II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44799, Bochum, Germany

Błażej Skrzypulec:

Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii, Polska Akademia Nauk, Nowy Świat 72, 00-001 Warszawa, Poland