What does our experience of sounds tell us about their location? (original) (raw)

This essay is in three parts. In the first part, I examine the claim that, on the basis of our experience alone and so in the absence of prior theoretical commitments, we would locate sounds where their sources are. In response, I protest that this isn’t as obvious as its defenders make it out to be. Then, in the second part, I examine a claim to the contrary—that we wouldn’t locate sounds anywhere, if all that we had to go by were our experience of them. I insist, however, that this is no more obvious than what was claimed before. Finally, in the third part, I address directly the question of what, if anything, our experience of sounds tells us about where they are located. I conclude that it tells us nothing at all, that our experience doesn’t choose a side on this matter.

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