Alfredo Vernazzani
Biographic Data
| ID | 5969883 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alfredo Vernazzani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alfredo |
| FAMILY NAME | Vernazzani |
| SIGNATURE | VERNAZZANI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ruhr University Bochum |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6458-8478 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Language comprehension and the rhythm of perception
It is widely agreed that language understanding has a distinctive phenomenology, as illustrated by phenomenal contrast cases. Yet it remains unclear how to account for the perceptual phenomenology of language experience. I advance a rhythmic account, which explains this phenomenology in terms of changes in the rhythm of sensory capacities in both reading and speech perception. After presenting conceptual and empirical foundations for the account,…
Animating scientific understanding
The mainstream account of scientific understanding is explanationism. According to explanationism, scientific understanding is only achieved when a subject grasps a full or partial explanation of the target phenomenon. Objectualists disagree and argue that there are instances of scientific understanding that outstrip explanatory understanding. In this paper, I advance a novel form of objectualism that I call epistemic pluralism or Pluralism for s…
The Formats of Cognitive Representation
Cognitive representations are typically analyzed in terms of content, vehicle, and format. Although current work on formats appeals to intuitions about external representations, such as words and maps, in this article, we develop a computational view of formats that does not rely on intuitions. In our view, formats are individuated by the computational profiles of vehicles, that is, the set of constraints that fix the computational transformation…
How artworks modify our perception of the world
Many artists, art critics, and poets suggest that an aesthetic appreciation of artworks may modify our perception of the world, including quotidian things and scenes. I call this Art-to-World, AtW. Focusing on visual artworks, in this paper I articulate an empirically-informed account of AtW that is based on content-related views of aesthetic experience, and on Goodman’s and Elgin’s concept of exemplification. An aesthetic encounter with artworks…
Do we see facts
Philosophers of perception frequently assume that we see actual states of affairs, or facts. Call this claim factualism . In his book, William Fish suggests that factualism is supported by phenomenological observation as well as by experimental studies on multiple object tracking and dynamic feature‐object integration. In this paper, I examine the alleged evidence for factualism, focusing mainly on object detection and tracking. I argue that ther…
Structure of perceptual objects
Introduction to the topical collection "The Structure of Perceptual Objects"—with contributions by Mohan Matthen, EJ Green, Alisa Mandrigin, Blazej Skrzypulec, and Anna Drożdżowicz
The structure of sensorimotor explanation
The Formats of Cognitive Representation
Cognitive representations are typically analyzed in terms of content, vehicle, and format. Although current work on formats appeals to intuitions about external representations, such as words and maps, in this article, we develop a computational view of formats that does not rely on intuitions. In our view, formats are individuated by the computational profiles of vehicles, that is, the set of constraints that fix the computational transformation…
The structure of sensorimotor explanation
The structure of sensorimotor explanation
Structure of perceptual objects
Introduction to the topical collection "The Structure of Perceptual Objects"—with contributions by Mohan Matthen, EJ Green, Alisa Mandrigin, Blazej Skrzypulec, and Anna Drożdżowicz
Do we see facts
Philosophers of perception frequently assume that we see actual states of affairs, or facts. Call this claim factualism . In his book, William Fish suggests that factualism is supported by phenomenological observation as well as by experimental studies on multiple object tracking and dynamic feature‐object integration. In this paper, I examine the alleged evidence for factualism, focusing mainly on object detection and tracking. I argue that ther…
How artworks modify our perception of the world
Many artists, art critics, and poets suggest that an aesthetic appreciation of artworks may modify our perception of the world, including quotidian things and scenes. I call this Art-to-World, AtW. Focusing on visual artworks, in this paper I articulate an empirically-informed account of AtW that is based on content-related views of aesthetic experience, and on Goodman’s and Elgin’s concept of exemplification. An aesthetic encounter with artworks…
The Formats of Cognitive Representation
Cognitive representations are typically analyzed in terms of content, vehicle, and format. Although current work on formats appeals to intuitions about external representations, such as words and maps, in this article, we develop a computational view of formats that does not rely on intuitions. In our view, formats are individuated by the computational profiles of vehicles, that is, the set of constraints that fix the computational transformation…
Language comprehension and the rhythm of perception
It is widely agreed that language understanding has a distinctive phenomenology, as illustrated by phenomenal contrast cases. Yet it remains unclear how to account for the perceptual phenomenology of language experience. I advance a rhythmic account, which explains this phenomenology in terms of changes in the rhythm of sensory capacities in both reading and speech perception. After presenting conceptual and empirical foundations for the account,…
Animating scientific understanding
The mainstream account of scientific understanding is explanationism. According to explanationism, scientific understanding is only achieved when a subject grasps a full or partial explanation of the target phenomenon. Objectualists disagree and argue that there are instances of scientific understanding that outstrip explanatory understanding. In this paper, I advance a novel form of objectualism that I call epistemic pluralism or Pluralism for s…
Perception (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Aesthetic Perception and Analysis (3 works) · Cognitive science (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Metaphysics (3 works) · Philosophy of language (3 works) · Philosophy of science (3 works)