Is There a Space of Sensory Modalities?

Erkenntnis 78 (6):1259-1273 (2013)
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Two proposals have recently, and independently, been made about a space of possible sensory modalities. In this paper I examine these different proposals, and offer one of my own. I suggest that there are several spaces associated with distinct kinds of sensory modality.

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10.1007/s10670-012-9409-0

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