Synesthesia and Method Export

@article{citeulike:593404, abstract = {Richard Cytowic has done considerable service to the scientific study of synesthesia, conducting important research and publishing two recent books on the subject. The study of synesthesia raises interesting questions about scientific method, both because of the negative reception it received initially--often being viewed as tainted by a reliance upon introspective reports--and because of the connections Cytowic has found between synesthetic perception and the limbic system, thereby possibly undermining some of the claims to objectivity in perception and scientific method. I dispute some of the more extreme methodological conclusions Cytowic draws from his work and reinforce others by reference to different arguments current within the philosophy of science.}, author = {Korb, Kevin B.}, citeulike-article-id = {593404}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/v2/psyche-2-24-korb.html}, journal = {PSYCHE}, keywords = {ai, behaviorism, emotion, heterophenomenology, ineffability, methodology, reason, synaesthesia, synesthesia}, month = {January}, number = {10}, posted-at = {2006-04-21 06:08:32}, priority = {4}, school = {Monash University}, title = {Synesthesia and Method}, url = {http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/v2/psyche-2-24-korb.html}, volume = {2}, year = {1996} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:593404 L3 - citeulike-article-id:593404 N2 - Richard Cytowic has done considerable service to the scientific study of synesthesia, conducting important research and publishing two recent books on the subject. The study of synesthesia raises interesting questions about scientific method, both because of the negative reception it received initially--often being viewed as tainted by a reliance upon introspective reports--and because of the connections Cytowic has found between synesthetic perception and the limbic system, thereby possibly undermining some of the claims to objectivity in perception and scientific method. I dispute some of the more extreme methodological conclusions Cytowic draws from his work and reinforce others by reference to different arguments current within the philosophy of science. IS - 10 JF - PSYCHE TI - Synesthesia and Method VL - 2 KW - ai KW - behaviorism KW - emotion KW - heterophenomenology KW - ineffability KW - methodology KW - reason KW - synaesthesia KW - synesthesia AU - Korb, Kevin PY - 1996/01// UR - http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/v2/psyche-2-24-korb.html ER -