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The project: consolidating and advancing the sensorimotor theory<\/b><\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Placing the sensorimotor theory in perspective<\/em> 2. Philosophical questions and developments within the theory<\/em> 3. More ambitious goals<\/em> The sensorimotor theory is remarkable in that it is an unusual case where philosophy has actually propelled scientific advances (here, in color, sensory substitution, change blindness, and robotics). For this reason the Philosophical Workpackage must be considered the veritable cornerstone … Continue reading
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\nThe sensorimotor theory has been very criticized and therefore there is a urgent need for clarification in order to make it more readable to philosophers.
\nThere is a growing body of work on enactive and embodied cognition, which is often associated to the sensorimotor theory, although slight differences remain. The sensorimotor theory also resembles the\u00a0“Higher Order Thought” theories of consciousness — e.g. (Rosenthal, 2004; Carruthers, 2011).\u00a0It is important to elucidate and evaluate these critical differences in a philosophical investigation to determine whether the sensorimotor theory should have a different status.<\/p>\n
\nThe sensorimotor theory gives a convincing account of the sensory quality of touch and vision, but work has to be done to apply it seriously to other modalities like hearing, smell and taste, as well as proprioception and the vestibular sense, which, although they\u00a0are not counted among the five classic senses, still\u00a0make us aware of our limb positions and our body posture, thus providing a “feel”.<\/p>\n
\nIn addition to the above questions, more ambitious and far-reaching extensions of the sensorimotor theory will be envisaged in relation to pain and emotions.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"