Epistemology of non-visual sensory perception

Overview of the book Epistemology of Non-Visual Sensory Perception - Demetria Electro Gatsia and Perit Brogard: Most existing research in the epistemology of sensory perception has focused on visual perception, which is not surprising given that most of our knowledge in the world is attributed to our visual experiences; therefore, this book is the first of its kind to focus on the epistemology of non-visual sensory perception, which includes hearing, touch, taste, and intersensory experiences. Based on recent experimental studies of emotion, sensory perception, and decision-making, this book opens new horizons for discussing whether sensory perceptual experience can produce justified beliefs and what those beliefs describe. The book explores questions not only related to traditional sensory perception but also to self-perception, internal perception, multi-sensory perception, and others, leading to an expansion of traditional concepts regarding the influence of non-visual conscious experience on human behavior and rationality. The contributors to this book, who are leading researchers in their fields, discuss the role emotions play in decision-making and active sensory perception and what this means for the justification of beliefs and knowledge. They analyze the idea that some sensory experiences, such as touch, have a cognitive privilege over others, as well as the relationship between sensory perception and introspection, and the connection between action, sensory perception, and belief. Other chapters address topics in aesthetics and philosophy of art, revealing the role that artworks can play in providing us with cognitive knowledge of emotions.