Olfactory Amodal Completion

Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 103 (2):372-388 (2021)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Amodal completion is the representation of those parts of the perceived object that we get no sensory stimulation from. While amodal completion is rife and plays an essential role in all sense modalities, philosophical discussions of this phenomenon have almost entirely been limited to vision. The aim of this paper is to examine in what sense we can talk about amodal completion in olfaction. We distinguish three different senses of amodal completion – spatial, temporal and feature-based completion – and argue that all three are present and play a significant role in olfaction.

Author Profiles

Benjamin D. Young
University of Nevada, Reno
Bence Nanay
University of Antwerp

Analytics

Added to PP
2021-04-05

Downloads
444 (#52,001)

6 months
89 (#63,120)

Historical graph of downloads since first upload
This graph includes both downloads from PhilArchive and clicks on external links on PhilPapers.
How can I increase my downloads?