Those who are interested in such things might want to follow my Philosophy of Perception and the Senses starter pack. go.bsky.app/B2HQDad #PhilPerception #PhilSenses

Decided I should worry whether there is a causal condition on seeing. In particular, does S seeing o entail that o was a cause of S's experience?

#philsenses #perception

New Mary dropped: getting a sense of smell for the first time! This is a great video. Personal highlight: 'it smells like bicyle tracks look'.
youtu.be/Mi0bw5ZXYtQ
#olfaction #philsenses #perception #philosophy

My philosophy of perception students did really well. Some outstanding essays, many of which were on topics they chose themselves. And everyone who submitted the final essay passed! 👏 #PhilSenses #teaching #philosophy

I’m about to teach a course on #philosophyofperception in a few weeks to first years. Any recommendations on readings for predictive processing theories? I have some ideas but would warmly welcome suggestions that people have found particularly engaging to newcomers to the subject. #philsenses

I’m really pleased to see the wide range of questions that my philosophy of perception class have tackled in their essays. Excellent stuff! 👏 #philosophy #PhilSenses

HOPP - san raffaele WORKSHOPS, SEMinars and talks

Just realised the 'Perceiving high-level properties' workshop is also online! If anyone is interested, link to join at sites.google.com/unito.it/hop...
#perception #PhilSenses #philosophy

Going to a workshop on high-level property perception soon and working on my talk. Haven't thought about this stuff since my MA thesis. Any new work in this area I should read?
#PhilSenses #philosophy #perception

(Iru)Fermented African Locust Beans — smells foul but tastes heavenly! In the Yoruba language, we call the African locust beans iru, but it has many names in different parts of Africa — dawa dawa, eware, ogiri…

Prepping some samples for my talk on Wednesday. Might throw some chocolate in, but is the audience ready for some iru / dawadawa smelling? medium.com/@SOnithewrit...
#olfaction #PhilSenses #tasting

Orange spikey shape on the left and a purple bulgy shape on the right

Which one is bouba and which is kiki? The answer seems intuitively obvious, but why? And what explains the widespread agreement in judgements about cross-modal correspondences? #PhilSenses #BoubaKikiEffect cognitiontoday.com/the-kiki-bou...

Looking forward to talking at the @tcdphilosophy.bsky.social #Philosophy Colloquium later today on ‘How We Recognize the Content of Experience, or Why The Senses Aren’t Silent After All’. www.tcd.ie/philosophy/r... #PhilPerception #PhilSenses #IrishResearch

A woman’s face dissolving into colourful shapes and lines

Can we tell whether we’re experiencing a hallucination or genuine perception, and does it matter if we can’t? #PhilSenses

A moving GIF of a pylon skipping with a shaking effect added when the pylon hits the ground (credit: @iamhappytoast)

Here’s another example. Many people report ‘hearing’ the skipping pylon land, even though the animation is completely silent! Source: www.illusionsindex.org/i/skipping-p... #PhilSenses #crossmodal #theSenses @uofg-cspe.bsky.social

Can what you see alter what you ‘hear’? The #McGurkEffect, named after one of its discoverers Harry McGurk, shows how our senses of hearing and vision combine in sometimes surprising ways. #PhilSenses www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWGe...

#PhilPerception #PhilSenses

My research-led module on Philosophy of Perception and #theSenses is turning into a series of research talks with relevant background and readings. I was worried this might be too difficult for students, but I’m impressed by how much they’re taking in. #PhilSenses #PhilSky

Can you tell whether water is hot or cold just by the sound it makes when poured? The answer might surprise you… #PhilSenses www.npr.org/2014/07/05/3...

Purple is my favourite colour, and rainbows my favourite non-existent sky-object.

#PhilPerception #PhilSenses

Is my blue your blue? Test your color perception with this interactive test.

#PhilSenses ismy.blue

Looking forward to talking to my students about the philosophy of colours and odours at tomorrow’s #PhilSenses lecture! 🌈 👃 #PhilPerception

Scientists Have Found a Woman Whose Eyes Have a Whole New Type of Colour Receptor After more than 25 years of searching, neuroscientists in the UK recently announced that they've discovered a woman who has an extra type of cone cell - the receptor cells that detect colour - in her ...

Most humans are trichromats, i.e. they have three types of colour-sensitive cone cells in their retinas. But some—not to mention other species, inc. goldfish!—have four, and so may be able to see colours that are indistinguishable to the rest of us. #PhilSenses www.sciencealert.com/scientists-h...

The subsequent video discusses the similarly structured argument from hallucination. #PhilSenses youtu.be/wrKAHhwSWtk?...

How can sensory perception be as it intuitively seems—the presentation of external objects—when we are susceptible to perceptual hallucinations and illusions? Dr Eugen Fischer of UEA examines the paradoxes of perception, starting with the argument from illusion… #PhilSenses youtu.be/bs2pTBkJCxQ?...

Does our sense of #smell provide objective access to the world? Philosopher and cognitive scientist Ann-Sophie Barwich argues that it does—and a lot more besides. #PhilSenses youtu.be/oVEN1OPTtFY?...

ISS: What life is like for Nasa astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore As Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spend months longer than planned on ISS, three astronauts tell us what life is like in orbit.

Despite being airless, space has a distinctive metallic smell. #PhilSenses www.bbc.com/news/article...

I originally posted this as a stimulus for my students. But it’s generated some interesting cross-disciplinary discussion. Including some comments from Anil himself! 😊 #PhilPerception #PhilSenses

Are a 'sense of humour', 'a sense of danger', 'a sense of the numinous', & bullshit detectors, senses?

I think we're far too easily convinced sight, taste, smell, touch & hearing are 'direct', when all of them are interpreted before conscious access.

#theSenses

#PhilSenses

Anil Seth and Lisa Feldman Barrett think that the brain hallucinates, or even creates, reality. Are they right? #PhilSenses youtu.be/lyu7v7nWzfo youtu.be/ikvrwOnay3g

Looking forward to teaching a new undergraduate module on #Philosophy of Perception and #theSenses today! Will be posting relevant links here using the #PhilSenses hashtag.