What do our experiences of heat and cold represent?

• Autores: Richard Gray
• Localización: Philosophical Studies, ISSN-e 1573-0883, Nº. 166 (Supplement), 2013, págs. 131-151
• Idioma: alemán
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• Resumen

  • Our experiences of heat and cold are usually thought to represent states of things: their hotness and coldness. I propose a novel account according to which their contents are not states of things but processes, more specifically, the opposite processes of thermal energy being transmitted to and from the body, respectively. I call this account the Heat Exchange Model of heat perception. Having set out the evidence in support of the proposal, I conclude by showing how it provides a new perspective on some old problems.