Benjamin D Young
Biographic Data
| ID | 4301537 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benjamin D Young |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benjamin D |
| FAMILY NAME | Young |
| SIGNATURE | YOUNG B D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Philosophy & Neuroscience University of Nevada, Reno Reno Nevada USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5654-2915 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Is secondary affect secondary? Anosmia, perceptual absence, and veridical secondary affect without primary affect
This paper challenges the traditional understanding of secondary affect, on which the latter is a cognitive appraisal of a somatic state that already has an antecedent, primary affect. We appeal to cases of acquired anosmia—the loss of the sense of smell—to argue that there are instances where secondary affect arises in the absence of (indeed, because of the absence of) primary affect, and that this can be so even when the secondary state is comp…
Olfactory Amodal Completion
Amodal completion is the representation of those parts of the perceived object that we get no sensory stimulation from. While amodal completion is rife and plays an essential role in all sense modalities, philosophical discussions of this phenomenon have almost entirely been limited to vision. The aim of this paper is to examine in what sense we can talk about amodal completion in olfaction. We distinguish three different senses of amodal complet…
Theoretical Perspectives on Smell
Perceiving Smellscapes
We perceive smells as perduring complex entities within a distal array. However, odor theories have been recently criticized for their conception of the spatiotemporal nature of olfactory perception and the individuation of distal odors. The paper does not aim to dispute these criticisms. Rather, what will be shown is that molecular structure theory, a refinement of odor theory, can be further developed to handle these challenges. The theory is f…
The Struggle For Legitimacy- North Korea’s Relations With Africa, 1965–1992
From the mid-1960s to the late 1980s, Seoul and Pyongyang sought to gain international recognition as the sole government on the Korean peninsula. Africa, the site of many newly independent nations during the Cold War, became the primary battleground for this inter- Korean competition. Focusing on North Korean-African relations, this article examines several African dictators who admired North Korea’s alternative brand of socialist modernity, Pyo…
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The Struggle For Legitimacy- North Korea’s Relations With Africa, 1965–1992
From the mid-1960s to the late 1980s, Seoul and Pyongyang sought to gain international recognition as the sole government on the Korean peninsula. Africa, the site of many newly independent nations during the Cold War, became the primary battleground for this inter- Korean competition. Focusing on North Korean-African relations, this article examines several African dictators who admired North Korea’s alternative brand of socialist modernity, Pyo…
Perceiving Smellscapes
We perceive smells as perduring complex entities within a distal array. However, odor theories have been recently criticized for their conception of the spatiotemporal nature of olfactory perception and the individuation of distal odors. The paper does not aim to dispute these criticisms. Rather, what will be shown is that molecular structure theory, a refinement of odor theory, can be further developed to handle these challenges. The theory is f…
Olfactory Amodal Completion
Amodal completion is the representation of those parts of the perceived object that we get no sensory stimulation from. While amodal completion is rife and plays an essential role in all sense modalities, philosophical discussions of this phenomenon have almost entirely been limited to vision. The aim of this paper is to examine in what sense we can talk about amodal completion in olfaction. We distinguish three different senses of amodal complet…
Theoretical Perspectives on Smell
Is secondary affect secondary? Anosmia, perceptual absence, and veridical secondary affect without primary affect
This paper challenges the traditional understanding of secondary affect, on which the latter is a cognitive appraisal of a somatic state that already has an antecedent, primary affect. We appeal to cases of acquired anosmia—the loss of the sense of smell—to argue that there are instances where secondary affect arises in the absence of (indeed, because of the absence of) primary affect, and that this can be so even when the secondary state is comp…
Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (3 works) · Perception (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Cognitive science (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Multisensory perception and integration (2 works) · Neuroscience (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)