Sounds and Events1

Casey O'Callaghan

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199282968.003.0002

Sounds and Events1

Casey O'Callaghan

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Abstract

This chapter argues that sounds are best conceived not as pressure waves that travel through a medium, nor as physical properties of the objects ordinarily thought to be the sources of sounds, but rather as events of a certain kind. Sounds are particular events in which a surrounding medium is disturbed or set into wavelike motion by the activities of a body or interacting bodies. This Event View of sounds provides a unified perceptual account of several pervasive sound phenomena, including transmission through barriers, constructive and destructive interference, and echoes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Sounds and Perception
Subtitle of host publication	New Philosophical Essays
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191712333
ISBN (Print)	9780199282968
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199282968.003.0002
State	Published - Feb 1 2010

Keywords

Event view
Medium
Perception
Sounds
Transmission

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