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LTT: Wayne Wu
January 29, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EST
Wayne Wu, Carnegie Mellon University Dept of Philosophy (& Peter Lush, University of Sussex)
Reassessing the Empirical Argument for Ownership in the Rubber Hand Illusion
This will be an online lecture held via Zoom, and pre-registration is required. Please register here: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7xWYT1kYQDOxRBmCwNtV2Q
ABSTRACT: The Rubber Hand Illusion, published in a one page report in 1998, has established a vigorous field of inquiry on the experience of embodiment and bodily ownership. Since 2016, the paper has been cited over 1700 times, so remains influential. On the basis of subjective reports regarding ownership during the illusion, theorists conclude that there is a distinctive qualitative experience of owning one’s body. Our bodies feel like ours. We reassess the cogency of argument for ownership. Specifically, we show that three necessary conditions for the adequacy of the report data are likely violated: the adequacy of controls, the appropriate direction of introspection, and the reliability of introspection. Failing one of these suffices to call the self-report data in question. We conclude that the empirical argument for ownership is unsound and draw general lessons about how to deal with subjective reports in studying experience.
Details
- Date:
- January 29, 2021
- Time:
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11:00 am - 12:30 pm EST
- Event Categories:
- Lunchtime Talks, Lunchtime Talks 2020-21
Venue
- Online Lecture