Stinking Philosophy!
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Stinking Philosophy!

Smell Perception, Cognition, and Consciousness

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eBook - ePub

Stinking Philosophy!

Smell Perception, Cognition, and Consciousness

About this book

What are smells? Despite the best efforts of philosophy and the chemosciences, the question remains vexing—but no more perplexing than the historical lapse of the past few centuries to seriously consider a sense that has a key place in philosophy of mind and perception. Stinking Philosophy! is Benjamin Young's answer to this critical lapse. Drawing together more than a decade of research on olfactory philosophy, this book offers a clear, comprehensive look at the nature of odors—how we perceive smells, how we cognitively represent odors, how we communicate about them as categories, and what they can tell us about consciousness.

In Stinking Philosophy! Young presents a methodology for addressing the philosophical and conceptual issues raised by the sense of smell. Then, in an exacting and coherent fashion, he explores how the philosophy of smell contributes to—and advances—a wide range of debates within philosophy of mind, perception, and cognitive neuroscience. Ultimately, his work demonstrates how empirically informed philosophy can have a significant impact on interdisciplinary research on smell across philosophy, the chemosciences, and neuroscience.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. Contents
  7. An Apologetic Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. 1. Introduction
  10. 2. What Are Smells?
  11. 3. Tasting Flavors
  12. 4. Formatting Odors
  13. 5. Pondering Smells
  14. 6. Unconsciously Smelling
  15. 7. Stinking Theories of Consciousness
  16. References
  17. Index