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The main issues discussed in Sounds and Perception are conigured around the ontology of sound: the location of sound, the nature of spatial hearing, the relation between hearing sound sources and hearing sounds (what comprises the contents of auditory perception).
Sounds are public objects of auditory perception. By ‘object’ I mean only that which is perceived—that which is available for attention, thought, and demonstrative reference. Two listeners in a room may hear and talk about the same sound, and all in attendance may hear the sound of the same speech.
When we construct our arguments, we must aim to construct one that is not only valid, but sound. A sound argument is one that is not only valid, but begins with premises that are actually true . The example given about toasters is valid, but not sound.
14 Ιουλ 2005 · The main relevant families of answers include proximal, medial, distal, and aspatial theories. Proximal theories would claim that sounds are where the hearer is. Medial theories—exemplified by mainstream acoustics—locate sounds in the medium between the resonating object and the hearer.
I first elucidate the qualitative and quantitative nature of sound, explaining the ideality and negativity of sound, the temporality and hylomorphic form of sound, the propagation of sound, the causal sources of sound, and the mechanical nature of sound.
14 Ιουλ 2005 · Sounds enter the content of auditory perception. But what are they? Are sounds individuals? Are they events? Are they properties of sounding objects? If they are events, what type of event are they? What is the relation between sounds and sounding objects?
The task of this chapter is to define and explain these notions of logical validity and soundness. I begin with some preliminary notions, then turn to official definitions of logical validity and soundness, and finally to some consequences of the definitions.
