Jake Quilty‐dunn
Biographic Data
| ID | 1222614 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jake Quilty‐dunn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jake |
| FAMILY NAME | Quilty‐dunn |
| SIGNATURE | DUNN J Q |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rutgers University—New Brunswick New Brunswick New Jersey USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4642-8008 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Visual Icons
Philosophers often characterize perception as image‐like. There is little agreement, however, about what constitutes an imagistic or iconic representation. This article identifies five signature properties of iconic representations endorsed in the philosophical and scientific literature: item‐richness, feature‐richness, spatiotemporal composition, holistic composition, and analog primitives. The article identifies a candidate class of visual proc…
Remnants of perception
Polysemy and thought
Most theories of concepts take concepts to be structured bodies of information used in categorization and inference. This paper argues for a version of atomism, on which concepts are unstructured symbols. However, traditional Fodorian atomism is falsified by polysemy and fails to provide an account of how concepts figure in cognition. This paper argues that concepts are generative pointers, that is, unstructured symbols that point to memory locat…
Perceptual attribution and perceptual reference
Perceptual representations pick out individuals and attribute properties to them. This paper considers the role of perceptual attribution in determining or guiding perceptual reference to objects. We consider three extant models of the relation between perceptual attribution and perceptual reference–all attribution guides reference, no attribution guides reference, or a privileged subset of attributions guides reference–and argue that empirical e…
What Is an Object File
The notion of an object file figures prominently in recent work in philosophy and cognitive science. Object files play a role in theories of singular reference, object individuation, perceptual memory, and the development of cognitive capacities. However, the philosophical literature lacks a detailed, empirically informed theory of object files. In this article, we articulate and defend the multiple-slots view, which specifies both the format and…
Is Iconic Memory Iconic
Short‐term memory in vision is typically thought to divide into at least two memory stores: a short, fragile, high‐capacity store known as iconic memory, and a longer, durable, capacity‐limited store known as visual working memory (VWM). This paper argues that iconic memory stores icons, i.e., image‐like perceptual representations. The iconicity of iconic memory has significant consequences for understanding consciousness, nonconceptual content, …
Believing Our Eyes
Journal Article Believing Our Eyes: The Role of False Belief in the Experience of Cinema BSA Prize Essay, 2014 Get access Jake Quilty-Dunn Jake Quilty-Dunn Philosophy and Cognitive Science, CUNY Graduate Center Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 55, Issue 3, July 2015, Pages 269–283, https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayv016 Published: 15 October 2015
What Is an Object File
The notion of an object file figures prominently in recent work in philosophy and cognitive science. Object files play a role in theories of singular reference, object individuation, perceptual memory, and the development of cognitive capacities. However, the philosophical literature lacks a detailed, empirically informed theory of object files. In this article, we articulate and defend the multiple-slots view, which specifies both the format and…
Is Iconic Memory Iconic
Short‐term memory in vision is typically thought to divide into at least two memory stores: a short, fragile, high‐capacity store known as iconic memory, and a longer, durable, capacity‐limited store known as visual working memory (VWM). This paper argues that iconic memory stores icons, i.e., image‐like perceptual representations. The iconicity of iconic memory has significant consequences for understanding consciousness, nonconceptual content, …
Perceptual attribution and perceptual reference
Perceptual representations pick out individuals and attribute properties to them. This paper considers the role of perceptual attribution in determining or guiding perceptual reference to objects. We consider three extant models of the relation between perceptual attribution and perceptual reference–all attribution guides reference, no attribution guides reference, or a privileged subset of attributions guides reference–and argue that empirical e…
Believing Our Eyes
Journal Article Believing Our Eyes: The Role of False Belief in the Experience of Cinema BSA Prize Essay, 2014 Get access Jake Quilty-Dunn Jake Quilty-Dunn Philosophy and Cognitive Science, CUNY Graduate Center Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 55, Issue 3, July 2015, Pages 269–283, https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayv016 Published: 15 October 2015
Believing Our Eyes
Journal Article Believing Our Eyes: The Role of False Belief in the Experience of Cinema BSA Prize Essay, 2014 Get access Jake Quilty-Dunn Jake Quilty-Dunn Philosophy and Cognitive Science, CUNY Graduate Center Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 55, Issue 3, July 2015, Pages 269–283, https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayv016 Published: 15 October 2015
Is Iconic Memory Iconic
Short‐term memory in vision is typically thought to divide into at least two memory stores: a short, fragile, high‐capacity store known as iconic memory, and a longer, durable, capacity‐limited store known as visual working memory (VWM). This paper argues that iconic memory stores icons, i.e., image‐like perceptual representations. The iconicity of iconic memory has significant consequences for understanding consciousness, nonconceptual content, …
Polysemy and thought
Most theories of concepts take concepts to be structured bodies of information used in categorization and inference. This paper argues for a version of atomism, on which concepts are unstructured symbols. However, traditional Fodorian atomism is falsified by polysemy and fails to provide an account of how concepts figure in cognition. This paper argues that concepts are generative pointers, that is, unstructured symbols that point to memory locat…
Perceptual attribution and perceptual reference
Perceptual representations pick out individuals and attribute properties to them. This paper considers the role of perceptual attribution in determining or guiding perceptual reference to objects. We consider three extant models of the relation between perceptual attribution and perceptual reference–all attribution guides reference, no attribution guides reference, or a privileged subset of attributions guides reference–and argue that empirical e…
What Is an Object File
The notion of an object file figures prominently in recent work in philosophy and cognitive science. Object files play a role in theories of singular reference, object individuation, perceptual memory, and the development of cognitive capacities. However, the philosophical literature lacks a detailed, empirically informed theory of object files. In this article, we articulate and defend the multiple-slots view, which specifies both the format and…
Remnants of perception
Visual Icons
Philosophers often characterize perception as image‐like. There is little agreement, however, about what constitutes an imagistic or iconic representation. This article identifies five signature properties of iconic representations endorsed in the philosophical and scientific literature: item‐richness, feature‐richness, spatiotemporal composition, holistic composition, and analog primitives. The article identifies a candidate class of visual proc…
Psychology (6 works) · Perception (5 works) · Cognitive science (4 works) · Cognitive psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Visual perception and processing mechanisms (3 works) · Aesthetic Perception and Analysis (2 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works)