The Connection of the Senses
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The Connection of the Senses is a philosophical work by P. F. Strawson that explores how different sensory modalities contribute to our unified experience of the world.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Connection of the Senses canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Connection of the Senses Context triple: [P. F. Strawson, notableWork, The Connection of the Senses]
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A.
Education of the Senses
Education of the Senses is a historical study by Peter Gay that explores the evolution of bourgeois attitudes toward sexuality and intimacy in 19th-century Europe.
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B.
The Bounds of Sense
The Bounds of Sense is a major work of analytic philosophy by P. F. Strawson that critically examines and partially reconstructs Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason.
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C.
The Analysis of Sensations
The Analysis of Sensations is Ernst Mach’s influential philosophical and scientific treatise that examines perception and experience to argue for an empiricist, anti-metaphysical view of the physical world.
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D.
The Roving Mind
The Roving Mind is a collection of essays by Isaac Asimov that explores science, technology, humanism, and social issues with his characteristic clarity and wit.
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E.
Flashes of Thought
Flashes of Thought is a collection of reflections and insights by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on leadership, governance, innovation, and the future of Dubai and the Arab world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Connection of the Senses Target entity description: The Connection of the Senses is a philosophical work by P. F. Strawson that explores how different sensory modalities contribute to our unified experience of the world.
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A.
Education of the Senses
Education of the Senses is a historical study by Peter Gay that explores the evolution of bourgeois attitudes toward sexuality and intimacy in 19th-century Europe.
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B.
The Bounds of Sense
The Bounds of Sense is a major work of analytic philosophy by P. F. Strawson that critically examines and partially reconstructs Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason.
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C.
The Analysis of Sensations
The Analysis of Sensations is Ernst Mach’s influential philosophical and scientific treatise that examines perception and experience to argue for an empiricist, anti-metaphysical view of the physical world.
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D.
The Roving Mind
The Roving Mind is a collection of essays by Isaac Asimov that explores science, technology, humanism, and social issues with his characteristic clarity and wit.
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E.
Flashes of Thought
Flashes of Thought is a collection of reflections and insights by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on leadership, governance, innovation, and the future of Dubai and the Arab world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| addresses |
the problem of how senses coordinate in spatial representation
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the relation between subjective experience and objective world ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
clarify the structure of our perceptual knowledge of the world
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show the interdependence of sensory modalities in yielding objective experience ⓘ |
| author | P. F. Strawson ⓘ |
| concerns |
how different sensory inputs present a single world of objects
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the conceptual framework underlying perception ⓘ the unity of consciousness across senses ⓘ |
| discusses |
how different senses present the same object as numerically identical
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the coordination of visual and tactile perception of objects ⓘ |
| explores |
conditions for objective experience
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how different senses contribute to a single experience of objects ⓘ relations between visual, auditory, and tactile experience ⓘ the role of spatial perception in unifying the senses ⓘ |
| genre | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
conditions for the possibility of experience
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intermodal perception ⓘ objective spatial framework ⓘ role of concepts in perception ⓘ unity of experience ⓘ |
| hasPerspectiveOn |
how perception underwrites knowledge of the external world
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the dependence of sensory content on conceptual capacities ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalApproach | Kantian-influenced analysis of perception ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalMethod |
argument from conditions of objective experience
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conceptual analysis ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalTheme |
conditions of empirical knowledge
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interdependence of sensory modalities ⓘ objectivity of perception ⓘ structure of experience ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Immanuel Kant
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twentieth-century analytic philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
epistemology
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philosophy of perception ⓘ sensory modalities ⓘ unified experience of the world ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
metaphysics of perception
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theoretical philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | British analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Individuals: An Essay in Descriptive Metaphysics
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The Bounds of Sense ⓘ |
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