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January 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I’ve created a new starter pack and feed for philosophy of perception and the senses. Who am I missing? #PhilSky #PhilPerception #perception #theSenses go.bsky.app/B2HQDad
November 27, 2024 at 11:36 AM
I’ve created a new starter pack and feed for philosophy of perception and the senses. Who am I missing? #PhilSky #PhilPerception #perception #theSenses go.bsky.app/B2HQDad
Does the culture you grow up in shape the way you see the world? In a new Psych Review paper, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I tackle this centuries-old question using the Müller-Lyer illusion as a case study. Come think through one of history's mysteries with us🧵(1/13):
January 27, 2025 at 8:12 AM
my family plays this game, "you fell asleep at a talk, but have to ask a question at the end; what can you get away with?"
it varies by field.
e.g.
mom, clinical/social: did you control for gender?
dad, vision science: can't all this simply be explained by 'attention'?
it varies by field.
e.g.
mom, clinical/social: did you control for gender?
dad, vision science: can't all this simply be explained by 'attention'?
August 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I think all the candidates for the Irish presidency should be asked if they side with Plato or Aristotle here
October 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I spent the last month obsessed with finding colors that can't be displayed on a conventional screen. This is what I found. moultano.wordpress.com/2026/06/19/w...
Where to Find the Colors Your Screen Can’t Show You
An atlas of the vibrance of the real world
moultano.wordpress.com
June 20, 2026 at 7:38 AM
📣From Eugen Fischer, Keith Allen & Paul E. Engelhardt:
Scientific or naïve? Perceptions of direct and indirect realism, and why they matter
Scientific or naïve? Perceptions of direct and indirect realism, and why they matter
Scientific or naïve? Perceptions of direct and indirect realism, and why they matter
Philosophical debates about the nature of perception are standardly informed by an empirical assumption about folk beliefs: They assume there is such a thing as “the” common-sense conception of visio...
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December 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
New dress-colour controversy just dropped… #PhilPerception
March 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
New dress-colour controversy just dropped… #PhilPerception
Dawes Hicks quote of the day (1912). A little argument against Russell (spoiler: it's a good one!):
May 12, 2026 at 9:34 AM
September 2, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Philosophy has long ignored the senses, missing their complexity, role in our everyday lives, and their impact on our consciousness and reality, argues @barrycsmith.bsky.social
Watch his talk here: https://buff.ly/3V8RKjJ
#philosophy #consciousness
Watch his talk here: https://buff.ly/3V8RKjJ
#philosophy #consciousness
The puzzle of perception with Barry C. Smith
Explore the fascinating link between consciousness and the senses with philosopher Barry Smith. In this engaging discussion on IAI TV, Smith delves into how our sensory experiences shape our understanding of the world and ourselves, offering fresh insights into perception, reality, and human awareness.
Keywords: Barry Smith, consciousness and senses, philosophy of perception, sensory experience, understanding reality.
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November 30, 2024 at 6:39 PM
October 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Here is a philosophy of perception paper co-authored with Matt Nudds, where we argue that we really can smell ordinary things like cookies, coffee, and people, and not just odours - as the mainstream view on olfaction would have it. Link for free access: academic.oup.com/pq/advance-a...
November 12, 2024 at 10:40 PM
October 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Looking for some good readings for a graduate student who is interested in the philosophy and cognitive science of music #perception. Any recommendations—philosophical or otherwise? #PhilPerception #PhilQ
March 4, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Looking for some good readings for a graduate student who is interested in the philosophy and cognitive science of music #perception. Any recommendations—philosophical or otherwise? #PhilPerception #PhilQ
British Philosophy of Mind: “Appearing-as as an Efficient Cause of Seeing-that”
American Philosophy of Mind: “New evidence for hierarchical structure in visual working memory”
American Philosophy of Mind: “New evidence for hierarchical structure in visual working memory”
November 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
What is it like to smell like a bat? (No, not like that!) #PhilPerception #PhilMind
Good news! Have you seen our review article on bat chemosensation that received enough citations to be a Top 10 Cited Article on The Anatomical Record. Read it here! 🦇👃🩻🧬 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #TopCitedArticle #bats #smell #vomeronasal #olfaction
An updated synthesis of and outstanding questions in the olfactory and vomeronasal systems in bats: Genetics asks questions only anatomy can answer
The extensive diversity observed in bat nasal chemosensory systems has been well-documented at the histological level. Understanding how this diversity evolved and developing hypotheses as to why par...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
What is it like to smell like a bat? (No, not like that!) #PhilPerception #PhilMind
This is cool. A kind of super-saturated turquoise, but from artificially stimulating medium wavelength colour receptors only, which never occurs in nature. #PhilPerception #vision #colour
April 19, 2025 at 8:27 AM
This is cool. A kind of super-saturated turquoise, but from artificially stimulating medium wavelength colour receptors only, which never occurs in nature. #PhilPerception #vision #colour
You need to seriously consider sense modalities other than vision. Theorising about vision and assuming that it will generalise is not a good strategy. (Also, don’t conflate states, events and processes, but that’s another kettle of fish!) #PhilPerception
what's the thing in your subdiscipline that loads of people constantly mess up even though by your lights they really ought to know better? (for me it's clearly distinguishing contents and vehicles)
January 4, 2026 at 10:08 PM
You need to seriously consider sense modalities other than vision. Theorising about vision and assuming that it will generalise is not a good strategy. (Also, don’t conflate states, events and processes, but that’s another kettle of fish!) #PhilPerception
The missing shade of blue! Scientists claim to have discovered 'new colour' no one has seen before www.bbc.com/news/article...
Scientists claim to have discovered 'new colour' no one has seen before
"Olo" is said to be a saturated blue-green - but some say the existence of a new colour is "open to argument".
www.bbc.com
April 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Interesting thread… #PhilPerception #TheSenses
Listening to Casey O'Callaghan on "What's to fear in losing a sense?". In the first 11 mins he discusses how we are afraid abt fearing a sense even if people are statistically seen to be able to adjust once they lose a sense and even if people who were born without a sense live happily nonetheless
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September 19, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Interesting thread… #PhilPerception #TheSenses
It’s true that surprisingly few philosophers have worked on smell, taste and flavour (though thankfully that’s changing). I think that says something both about #philosophy and how dominated by vision we are as a species and a culture… #PhilSmell #PhilTaste #PhilPerception
Two of the novels I read this summer, Süskind’s 'Perfume' and Yuzuki’s 'Butter' both tell stories of murder and revolve around intense sensory experiences. That got me thinking about how little philosophy seems to care about smell and taste
app.thenewworld.co.uk/story/140442...
app.thenewworld.co.uk/story/140442...
August 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It’s true that surprisingly few philosophers have worked on smell, taste and flavour (though thankfully that’s changing). I think that says something both about #philosophy and how dominated by vision we are as a species and a culture… #PhilSmell #PhilTaste #PhilPerception